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Advanced Quantitative Finance with C++

By : Alonso Peña, Ph.D.
Book Image

Advanced Quantitative Finance with C++

By: Alonso Peña, Ph.D.

Overview of this book

<p>This book will introduce you to the key mathematical models used to price financial derivatives, as well as the implementation of main numerical models used to solve them. In particular, equity, currency, interest rates, and credit derivatives are discussed. In the first part of the book, the main mathematical models used in the world of financial derivatives are discussed. Next, the numerical methods used to solve the mathematical models are presented. Finally, both the mathematical models and the numerical methods are used to solve some concrete problems in equity, forex, interest rate, and credit derivatives.</p> <p>The models used include the Black-Scholes and Garman-Kohlhagen models, the LIBOR market model, structural and intensity credit models. The numerical methods described are Monte Carlo simulation (for single and multiple assets), Binomial Trees, and Finite Difference Methods. You will find implementation of concrete problems including European Call, Equity Basket, Currency European Call, FX Barrier Option, Interest Rate Swap, Bankruptcy, and Credit Default Swap in C++.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Advanced Quantitative Finance with C++
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank many people who have made this book a reality. First the magnificent support, enthusiasm, and patience of the entire team at Packt Publishing, particularly Harsha, Amit, Humera, and Harshal. To Dr. Pattabi Raman (Numerical Solution (U.K.) Ltd.), for his expert advice on C++. To Dr. Marco Airoldi for his knowledgeable and detailed review of the book. To the SDA Bocconi School of Management including my colleagues and students from the MBA, graduate, and undergraduate courses. To the many persons I have been privileged to work with and to teach from the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Bocconi, LIUC Castellanza, Bergamo, Pavia, and Politecnico di Milano. The many extraordinary quants from the Certificate in Quantitative Finance, Fitch Learning, London, as well as from Unicredit Group and Thomson Reuters. Finally, to my wife, Marcella, and my children, Francesca, Isabel, and Marco—you all always remind me that "The true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes to see" (Marcel Proust).