Search for dissertations about: "finance derivatives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words finance derivatives.

  2. 1. AND ... AND ... AND ... : Reiterating Financial Derivation

    Author : Thomas Bay; Pierre Guillet de Monthoux; Bo Hedberg; Rolland Munro; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial derivation; derivatives; options; futures; risk; finance; economy; gambling; reiteration; deconstruction; deterritorialisation; experimentation; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : This essay is an attempt at examining the general logic of derivation, the organisational geno-practice of financial derivationówhat I have called: reiterative derivation. I will endeavour to reiterate, to repeat otherwise, to displace the derivative distinction which apart from providing the financial markets with ever new business opportunities, makes financial instruments like options and futures the potential turning point, the crisis, the utmost risk, the pure possibility, of any economic reality. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays in Quantitative Finance

    Author : Patrik Karlsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; credit valuation adjustment CVA ; derivative pricing; interest rate derivatives; Monte Carlo simulation;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the quantitative finance literature and consists of four research papers.Paper 1. This paper constructs a hybrid commodity interest rate market model with a stochastic local volatility function that allows the model to simultaneously fit the implied volatility of commodity and interest rate options. READ MORE

  5. 3. Radial Basis Function generated Finite Difference Methods for Pricing of Financial Derivatives

    Author : Slobodan Milovanović; Lina von Sydow; Bertram Düring; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Radial basis function; Finite difference; Computational finance; Pricing of financial derivatives; Option pricing; Partial differential equation; Beräkningsvetenskap med inriktning mot numerisk analys; Scientific Computing with specialization in Numerical Analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to present state of the art in radial basis function generated finite difference (RBF-FD) methods for pricing of financial derivatives. This work provides a detailed overview of RBF-FD properties and challenges that arise when the RBF-FD methods are used in financial applications. READ MORE

  6. 4. Optimization-Based Models for Measuring and Hedging Risk in Fixed Income Markets

    Author : Johan Hagenbjörk; Jörgen Blomvall; Ou Tang; Giorgio Consigli; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Finance; Fixed income; Interest rate risk; Credit risk; Risk management; Optimization; Mathematics;

    Abstract : The global fixed income market is an enormous financial market whose value by far exceeds that of the public stock markets. The interbank market consists of interest rate derivatives, whose primary purpose is to manage interest rate risk. READ MORE

  7. 5. Topics in importance sampling and derivatives pricing

    Author : Johan Nykvist; Filip Lindskog; Bert Zwart; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Tillämpad matematik och beräkningsmatematik; Applied and Computational Mathematics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers, presented in Chapters 2-5, on the topics of derivatives pricing and importance sampling for stochastic processes.In the first paper a model for the evolution of the forward density of the future value of an asset is proposed. READ MORE