Abstract
We consider the convexity correction in a multi-factor SABR type stochastic volatility model, in which the volatility and the short-term forward rate are modeled as independent factors. In general, the convexity correction is not analytically tractable in a multi-factor model, but based on the assumption of linear swap rates an analytic solution is available. Linear swap rate models are popular among practitioners for their efficiency and their ability to capture the swaption volatility smile. For an efficient approximation of the solution, we adopt the small disturbance asymptotics technique and construct a stochastic Taylor series of the underlying process. Several numerical experiments compare the accuracy of the approximation with a Monte Carlo benchmark solution.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1019-1046 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are grateful to the anonymous referees, symposium participants at the eighth European Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications at Uppsala (Sweden). We thank Rabobank for providing the yield curve data, Natalia Borovykh for clarifying CMS pricing practices. We also thank the members of Derivative Research & Validation team of Rabobank, Lech Grzelek, Tim Dijkstra, Giampietro Carpentieri, Floris Naber and Herwald Naaktgeboren, for their enlightening comments and suggestions. We assume full responsibility for remaining errors. We acknowledge the generous financial support of Derivative Research & Validation team of Rabobank International.
Funding
We are grateful to the anonymous referees, symposium participants at the eighth European Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications at Uppsala (Sweden). We thank Rabobank for providing the yield curve data, Natalia Borovykh for clarifying CMS pricing practices. We also thank the members of Derivative Research & Validation team of Rabobank, Lech Grzelek, Tim Dijkstra, Giampietro Carpentieri, Floris Naber and Herwald Naaktgeboren, for their enlightening comments and suggestions. We assume full responsibility for remaining errors. We acknowledge the generous financial support of Derivative Research & Validation team of Rabobank International.
Keywords
- Convexity correction
- SABR model
- stochastic Taylor expansion