Quant Mashup - Artur Sepp
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Lognormal Stochastic Volatility – Youtube Seminar and Slides [Artur Sepp]
I would like to share the youtube video of my online seminar at Minnesota Center for Financial and Actuarial Mathematics and presentation slides. I discuss the motivation behind introducing the log-norml stochastic volatility (SV) model in our IJATF paper with Parviz Rakhmonov. I briefly highlight
- 3 weeks ago, 26 Oct 2024, 08:25pm -
Optimal allocation to cryptocurrencies in diversified portfolios – update [Artur Sepp]
Cryptocurrencies have been acknowledged as an emerging asset class with a relatively low correlation to traditional asset classes and independent drivers of their long-term performance (see for an example excellent papers by Harvey et al (2022) and Adams at al (2024)). A year ago in Summer of 2023,
- 3 months ago, 20 Aug 2024, 10:10pm -
Unified Approach for Hedging Impermanent Loss of Liquidity Provision [Artur Sepp]
Let me introduce our research paper co-authored with Alexander Lipton and Vladimir Lucic for hedging of impermanent loss of liquidity provision (LP) staked at Decentralised Exchanges (DEXes) which employ Uniswap V2 and V3 protocols. Uniswap V3 protocol allows liquidity providers to concentrate
- 4 months ago, 10 Jul 2024, 06:59pm -
Log-normal stochastic volatility with quadratic drift [Artur Sepp]
Our article “Log-normal Stochastic Volatility Model with Quadratic Drift” co-authored with Parviz Rakhmonov is published in International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance with open access https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0219024924500031 The log-normality of realised and
- 8 months ago, 7 Mar 2024, 09:26pm -
Stochastic Volatility for Factor Heath-Jarrow-Morton Framework [Artur Sepp]
Let me present our recent research paper with Parviz Rakhmonov on the stochastic volatility model for Factor Heath-Jarrow-Morton (HJM) interest rate framework (available on SSRN: Stochastic Volatility for Factor Heath-Jarrow-Morton Framework). Factor Heath-Jarrow-Morton (HJM) model Under the
- 8 months ago, 2 Mar 2024, 08:19pm -
What is a robust stochastic volatility model – research paper [Artur Sepp]
I would like to share my research and thoughts about stochastic volatility models and, in particular, about the log-normal stochastic volatility model that I have been developing in a series of papers (see introductory paper with Piotr Karasinski in 2012, the extension to include quadratic drift
- 11 months ago, 29 Nov 2023, 08:32pm -
Robust Log-normal Stochastic Volatility for Interest Rate Dynamics [Artur Sepp]
The volatility of interest rates in 2022 has been indeed extreme. In Figure 1, I show the dependence the between the MOVE index (which measures the implied volatility of one-month options on UST bond futures and which is constructed similarly to the VIX index for implied volatilities of the S&P
- 1 year ago, 9 Jan 2023, 10:28pm -
Optimal Allocation to Cryptocurrencies in Diversified Portfolios [Artur Sepp]
Cryptocurrencies have been acknowledged as an emerging asset class with a relatively low correlation to traditional asset classes. One of the most important questions for allocators is how much to allocate to Bitcoin and to a portfolios cryptocurrency assets within a broad portfolio which includes
- 2 years ago, 14 Sep 2022, 11:26am -
Log-normal Stochastic Volatility Model [Artur Sepp]
I am introducing my most recent research on log-normal stochastic volatility model with applications to assets with positive implied volatility skews, such as VIX index, short index ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and some commodities. Together with Parviz Rakhmonov, we have extended my early work on the
- 2 years ago, 11 Aug 2022, 11:02am -
Developing systematic smart beta strategies for crypto assets [Artur Sepp]
I am delighted to share the video from my QuantMinds presentation that I made in Barcelona in December 2021. Many thanks to QuantMinds organizers for allowing me to share this video. First, it was nice to attend the onsite conference in a while and to meet old friends and colleagues. I was
- 2 years ago, 23 Feb 2022, 07:35pm -
Toward an efficient hybrid method for pricing barrier options [Artur Sepp]
I am excited to share the latest paper with Prof. Alexander Lipton. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4035813 We find the semi-analytical solution to one of the unsolved problems in Quantitative Finance, which is to compute survival probabilities and barrier option values for
- 2 years ago, 23 Feb 2022, 07:33pm -
Tail risk of systematic investment strategies and risk-premia alpha [Artur Sepp]
Everyone knows that the risk profile of systematic strategies can change considerably when equity markets turn down and volatilities spike. For an example, a smooth profile of a short volatility delta-hedged strategy in normal regimes becomes highly volatile and correlated to equity markets in
- 5 years ago, 9 Apr 2019, 02:22pm -