The effects of negative interest rates on the estimation of option sensitivities: The impact of switching from a log-normal to a normal model

Autor: Martina Mulas, Simone Ligato, Pier Giuseppe Giribone
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: International Journal of Financial Engineering. :1750015
ISSN: 2424-7944
2424-7863
DOI: 10.1142/s2424786317500153
Popis: The estimation of partial derivatives of the price in respect to the main financial variables, called Greeks, is an essential task for a trader in order to understand the sensitivity of a derivative to the input of pricing model. The study of the level of reactivity of the mark to market is an essential task to manage properly the market risk of a portfolio. Due to the negative interest rates in Euro Area, the pricing model of interest-rates options (cap, floor and swaption) has been changed from a log-normal to a normal framework. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of this model change on the calculation of option sensitivities.
Databáze: OpenAIRE