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Monte Carlo Simulation in Finance: Models, Algorithms and Practice with Application to Derivatives Pricing, Risk Measures and CVA by Jörg Kienitz
Frankfurt: 29th & 30th April 2013
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Discount Structure:

Register to both days of the workshop and receive a ?200 discount
Book before 22nd February 2013 to receive a 20% early bird discount
Book before 22nd March 2013 to receive a 10% early bird discount

Day 1: Monte Carlo Simulation in Finance

Mathematical Basics

Foundations of Probability

How does Monte Carlo Work?

Distributions



o Basic Distributions in Finance

Stochastic Processes



o Diffusion Processes
o Jump-Diffusion Processes
o Jump Processes

Applications of the Monte Carlo Method

Option Pricing

Evaluating Hedge Strategies

Scenario Generation and Risk Measures



Static Monte Carlo Simulation

Sampling from the Uniform Distribution



o Random Number Generators
o Good ones and bad ones

Sampling Techniques



o Inverse Method
o Ratio of Uniforms

Sampling from the Normal and other Distributions



Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulation

Path Generation Methods



o (Log) Euler-Scheme
o Predictor Corrector
o Bridge Sampling
o Exact Sampling

Sampling from Jump Diffusion Processes



o SGS Sampling
o FGS Sampling
o Example: Merton Model

Sampling from Stochastic Volatility Models



o Heston
o SABR

Sampling from Pure Jump Processes



o Variance Gamma, NIG
o Stochastic Volatility Lévy Models

Day 2: Monte Carlo Simulation in Finance

CVA - Simulating Future Interest Rate

Simulating Short Rate Processes



o Hull-White
o CIR

Simulating Market Models



o Libor Market Models

Calculating CVA for Fixed Income Products



Speeding up and improving your Monte Carlo

Variance Reduction Techniques



o Antithetic Sampling
o Control variates
o Importance Sampling
o Stratification

Quasi Random Numbers



o Halton Sequence
o Sobol Sequence

Multi-Level Monte Carlo



Simulating Multi-Dimensional Models

Introducing Dependence



o Correlation
o Copula

Scenario Generation and Risk Measures (Calculating CVaR using Simulation)

Multi-Dimensional Normal, Variance Gamma Models or NIG Models



Greeks (Adjoint, Proxies) and Early Exercise

The Adjoint Method

The Proxy Method

American and Bermudan Options

Illustration in the Libor Market Model contents

How to apply Adjoints to higher order Greeks



Implementation Issues (from Algorithms to Code)

Ingredients for a successful implementation of Monte Carlo algorithms

Choosing a language (VBA, MatLab, C++, C#)

Designing algorithms

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