October 19th 1987 was a day of huge change for the global finance industry. On this day the options market crashed, the Nobel Prize winning Black-Scholes formula failed and volatility smiles were born, and on this day Elie Ayache began his career, on the trading floor of the Fre…
""Elie Ayache is the only person to present arguments about the Black Swan and rare events that I had not thought about. He does what philosophical inquiry has always done: to go the extra mile and look at the world in a deeply philosophical way."--Nassim Nicholas Taleb, PhD, au…
October 19th 1987 was a day of huge change for the global finance industry. On this day the options market crashed, the Nobel Prize winning Black-Scholes formula failed and volatility smiles were born, and on this day Elie Ayache began his career, on the trading floor of the Fre…
This book provides the fastest and simplest route to the majority of the results and equations in derivative pricing, and gives the reader the tools necessary to extend these ideas to new situations that they may encounter. It does so by focusing on a single underlying principle…
Building blocks -- It's dilemma -- Stochastic differential equations -- The factor model approach to arbitrage pricing -- Constructing a factor pricing framework -- Equity derivatives -- Interest and credit derivatives -- Hedging -- Computation of solutions -- The road to risk n…
This edited volume will highlight recent research in derivatives modelling and markets in a post-crisis world across a number of dimensions or themes. The book addresses the following main areas: derivatives models & pricing, model application & performance backtesting, new prod…
Highlights research in derivatives modelling and markets in a post-crisis world across a number of dimensions or themes. This book addresses the following main areas: derivatives models and pricing, model application and performance backtesting, and new products and market featu…
