Uwe Wystup, well known to Wilmott Magazine readers for his FX column, recently spared some time to catch us up on current developments in the FX space from a quantitative perspective. Late February through March […]
When pricing structured or derivative financial instruments, the typical steps a quant has to do are the following: 1. Choose a model for the movement of the underlying(s) 2. Identify (“calibrate”) the model parameters from […]
Word and concept Implied volatility is not just a word or a concept. As a word, what is implied by implied volatility – what “implied volatility” means – is the value of the Brownian diffusion […]
The Libor Market Model of Brace Gatarek and Musiela (BGM) (1997) is the market standard model for pricing and hedging exotic interest rate derivatives. Its advantages include model parameters which are easy to interpret in […]
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