Seminar Cancelled

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Title: Time changes, Fourier transforms and the joint calibration to the S&P500/VIX smiles Speaker: Prof. Laura Ballotta, Bayes Business School, City University of London Abstract: We develop a model based on time changed Lévy processes and study its ability of reproducing the joint S&P500/VIX implied volatility smiles and the VIX futures prices - a problem […]

Elicitability and identifiability of tail risk measures

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Speaker: Dr. Tobias Fissler, Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich Abstract: Tail risk measures are fully determined by the distribution of the underlying loss beyond its quantile at a certain level, with Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall being prime examples. They are induced by law-based risk measures, called their generators, evaluated on the tail distribution. This talk […]

Estimation and backtesting of risk measures with emphasis on distortion risk measures

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Speaker: Prof. Hideatsu Tsukahara, Dept.. of Economics, Seijo University, Tokyo Abstract: Statistical methodology has an important role to play in risk measurement. In this paper, we will review and discuss some statistical issues on risk measures. Examples we consider are value-at-risk, expected shortfall, expectiles, and distortion risk measures. Several methods of estimating these risk measures […]

Pricing options with a new hybrid neural network model

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Speaker: Dr. Yossi Shvimer, Research Associate, School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London Abstract: A novel hybrid option pricing model using a deep learning neural network has been developed. The hybrid model keeps the traditional option pricing model with the same input parameters while simultaneously adjusting the model with neural network methods to […]

Stochastic dominance, stochastic volatility, and jump risk: new theory interprets old results

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Speaker: Prof Stylianos Perrakis, John Molson School of Business, Concordia Univ, Montreal Abstract: The stochastic dominance (SD) approach is applied to the valuation of index options in frictionless markets for a wide class of stochastic volatility (SV) processes. SD allows for the derivation of a unique, exponential option pricing kernel based on the physical underlying […]

Inverse Problem for Forecasting Stock Options Prices

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Speaker: Dr. Kirill Golubnichiy, Dept of Math & Statistics, Texas Tech University Abstract: We present a new heuristic mathematical model for accurate forecasting of prices of stock options for 1-2 trading days ahead of the present one. This new technique uses the Black-Scholes equation supplied by new intervals for the underlying stock and new initial […]

Deep learning-based portfolio optimization with transaction costs

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Speaker: Prof. Aihua (Eva) Zhang, College of Science, Math & Tech., Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou China Abstract: In order to obtain the optimal portfolio strategy maximizing the accumulated terminal wealth with transaction costs, in this paper, we propose a new prediction-based portfolio method combining with a long short-term memory (in short, LSTM) network which is an […]

Robust estimation of the range-based GARCH model: Forecasting volatility, value at risk and expected shortfall of cryptocurrencies

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Speaker: Prof. Piotr Fiszeder, Dept. Econ. & Stat., Nicolaus Copernicus Univ., Torun, Poland Abstract: Traditional volatility models do not work well when volatility changes rapidly and in the presence of outliers. Therefore, two lines of improvements have been developed separately in the existing literature. Range-based models benefit from efficient volatility estimates based on low and […]

Hedonic Models Incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors for Time Series of Average Annual Home Prices

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Speaker: Jason Bailey, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas Tech University Abstract:</abstract} Using data from 2000 through 2022, we analyze the predictive capability of the annual numbers of new home constructions and four available environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors on the average annual price of homes sold in eight major U.S. cities. We contrast […]

Do online attention and sentiment affect cryptocurrencies’ correlations?

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Speaker: Prof. Aurelio Bariviera, Dept. of Business, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain Abstract: This paper adopts a versatile conditional correlation approach to explore daily seasonality in the major cryptocurrencies. Given the lack of clear fundamental value in this market and the active online profile of investors, the study also relates cryptocurrency cross-correlations to online […]

Multi-asset return risk measures

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Speaker:</strong? Dr. Christian Laudagé, Dept. Mathematics, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau Abstract: We revisit the recently introduced concept of return risk measures (RRMs). We extend it by allowing risk management via multiple so-called eligible assets. The resulting new risk measures are called multi-asset return risk measures (MARRMs). We analyze properties of these risk measures. In particular, we prove […]

Water as a commodity in hydropower generation

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Speaker: Prof. Eduardo Schwartz, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser Univ. Abstract: The increased impact of extreme weather events and draughts has prompted the rapid growth of the water market. This paper analyzes the optimal operation of a reservoir that generates electricity and manages the water by trading water rights. We extend the framework introduced […]