Derivative Pricing

llsms2226  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

Derivative Pricing
5 crédits
30.0 h
Q2
Enseignants
Vrins Frédéric;
Langue
d'enseignement
Anglais
Préalables
Advanced courses in probability theory and finance course covering financial markets and products. Corresponding UCl course:
  • LLSMS2225 (Elements of Stochastic calculus)
  • LLSMS2100 (Advanced Finance)
Thèmes abordés
  1. Part I : Black-Scholes Model (discrete time Cox-Ross-Rubinstein, continuous time model Black-Scholes-Merton, greeks)
  2. Part II: arbitrage-free pricing (fundamental theorem of asset pricing).
  3. Part III : Interest rates products (FRAs, Swaps, caps, floors) and pricing (affine short rate model, arbres binomiaux).
  4. Part IV : Limits of the model and advanced methods.
Acquis
d'apprentissage

A la fin de cette unité d’enseignement, l’étudiant est capable de :

1

During their programme, students of the LSM Master¿s in management or Master¿s in Business engineering will have developed the following capabilities¿

2.2 Master highly specific knowledge in one or two areas of management : advanced and current research-based knowledge and methods.

2.3 Articulate the acquired knowledge from different areas of management.

2.4 Activate and apply the acquired knowledge accordingly to solve a problem.

3.1 Conduct a clear, structured, analytical reasoning by applying, and eventually adapting, scientifically based conceptual frameworks and models,to define and analyze a problem.

6.1 Work in a team :Join in and collaborate with team members. Be open and take into consideration the different points of view and ways of thinking, manage differences and conflicts constructively, accept diversity.

8.1 Express a clear and structured message, both orally and in writing in their mother tongue, in English and ideally, in a third language, adapted to the audience and using context specific communication standards.

8.3 Persuade and negotiate :understand the needs and viewpoints of others, put forward their reasoning in an appropriate, relevant and persuasive manner, able to bring out points of agreement, even in antagonistic situations.

 

La contribution de cette UE au développement et à la maîtrise des compétences et acquis du (des) programme(s) est accessible à la fin de cette fiche, dans la partie « Programmes/formations proposant cette unité d’enseignement (UE) ».
Contenu
The objective of this course is to introduce fundamental concepts valuing derivatives using the no-arbitrage assumption.
Méthodes d'enseignement
  • 15 courses of 2 hours including exercices and programming sessions.
  • Team works on R and Bloomberg.The students will also be invited to introduce themselves some financial products and discuss some methods to valkue and hegde those
Modes d'évaluation
des acquis des étudiants
Continuous evaluation
  • Date: Will be specified later
  • Type of evaluation: Project
  • Comments: 35% of pts: includes intermediate presentations, final presentation and report
Evaluation week
  • Oral: No
  • Written: No
  • Unavailability or comments: No
Examination session
  • Oral: 3 Students/hour
  • Written: No
  • Unavailability or comments: The students receive the questions, prepare for 1 hour and come to present their answers.
Bibliographie
  • Slides, Excel workbook and R code.
  • Lectures conseillées :
    - Hull, J. Options, Futures and Other derivatives.
    - Portrait & Poncet, Finance de marché, Dalloz, 2009.
    - Joshi, M. : Concepts and Practice of Mathematical Finance, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
    - Shreve, S. : Stochastic calculus for Finance I & II, Springer 2004.
Faculté ou entité
en charge
CLSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Intitulé du programme
Sigle
Crédits
Prérequis
Acquis
d'apprentissage
Master [120] en ingénieur de gestion

Master [120] en sciences économiques, orientation générale

Master [120] en ingénieur de gestion