Sumários

Exercises and Problems

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Exercises.

Exam problems.


Credit risk models

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Credit risk models.

Structural models, reduced form models and intensity based models.

The Merton model.

The 2-state intensity based model with deterministic intensity.

The Jarrow-Lando-Turnbull model.


Interest rate models

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The Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (CIR) model.

The Hull & White (HW) model.

Limitations of one-factor models.

The 2-factor Vasicek model.


Term structure models

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Term structure models: the 8 desirable characteristics of term structure models.

Risk-neutral pricing.

The market price of risk.

The Vasicek model.


The Greeks, portfolio risk management and introduction to interest rate models

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The greeks: Delta, Gamma, Vega, Rho, Lambda and Theta. Portfolio risk management.

Exercise.

Interest rate (term structure) modelling.

Bond prices, Forward rates, intantaneous forward rate curve, Spot rate curve and short rate.