Author:Soane, AndrewDate: 2022This thesis focuses on the application of the enlargement of filtration to backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) and optimal stopping problems. In particular, the thesis develops the theory of the progressive enlargement of ...Read more
Author:Backwell, AlexanderDate:2018Certain models of the term structure of interest rates exhibit unspanned stochastic volatility (USV). A model has this property if it involves a source of stochastic variation — called an unspanned factor — that does not affect the model’s ...Read more
Author:Dube, Qobolwakhe ThomasDate: 2021Three distinct but interrelated studies with their foundations in recent developments in the South African capital markets are presented in this thesis. The first study presents an empirical analysis of the systemic risk exposures and ...Read more