We derive the explicit formula for the joint Laplace transform of the Wishart process and its time integral which extends the original approach of Bru (1991). We compare our methodology with the alternative results given by the variation of constants method, the linearization of the Matrix...

We introduce a new stochastic volatility model that includes, as special instances, the Heston (1993) and the 3/2 model of Heston (1997) and Platen (1997). Our model exhibits important features: first, instantaneous volatility can be uniformly bounded away from zero, and second, our model is...

In this paper we propose the first calibration exercise based on quantization methods. Pricing and calibration are typically difficult tasks to accomplish: pricing should be fast and accurate, otherwise calibration cannot be performed efficiently. We apply in a local volatility context the...

We consider non mean-reverting Wishart processes and we study the problem of determining the smallest time such that the Laplace transforms of the process and its integral become infinite. Thanks to the remarkable property of (affine) Wishart processes to reproduce non-trivial dependence among...

We price for different affine stochastic volatility models some derivatives that recently appeared in the market. These products are characterised by payoffs depending on both stock and its volatility. Using a Fourier-analysis approach, we recover in a much simpler way some results already...

Target volatility options (TVO) are a new class of derivatives whose payoff depends on some measure of volatility. These options allow investors to take a joint exposure to the evolution of the underlying asset, as well as to its realized volatility. For instance, a target volatility call can be...

This article presents lower and upper bounds on the prices of basket options for a general class of continuous-time financial models. The techniques we propose are applicable whenever the joint characteristic function of the vector of log-returns is known in closed-form. Moreover, the basket...

We investigate PDEs of the form u_t = 1/2 σ^2 (t, x)u_{xx} − g(x)u which are associated with the calculation of expectations for a large class of local volatility models. We find nontrivial symmetry groups that can be used to obtain standard integral transforms of fundamental solutions of the...

We propose a quantization-based numerical scheme for a family of decoupled FBSDEs. We simplify the scheme for the control in Pagès and Sagna (2018) so that our approach is fully based on recursive marginal quantization and does not involve any Monte Carlo simulation for the computation of...

We analyze the VIX futures market with a focus on the exchange-traded noteswritten on such contracts, in particular we investigate the VXX notes tracking theshort-end part of the futures term structure. Inspired by recent developments incommodity smile modelling, we present a multi-factor...