Pricing swaptions on amortising swaps

dc.contributor.advisorMcWalter, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorMasutha, Ndinae Nico
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-14T12:34:04Z
dc.date.available2019-02-14T12:34:04Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2019-02-14T12:33:20Z
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, two efficient approaches for pricing European options on amortising swaps are explored. The first approach is to decompose the pricing of a European amortising swaption into a series of discount bond options, with an assumption that the interest rate follows a one-factor affine model. The second approach is using a one-dimensional numerical integral technique to approximate the price of European amortising swaption, with an assumption that the interest rate follows an additive two-factor affine model. The efficacy of the two methods was tested by making a comparison with the prices generated using Monte Carlo methods. Two methods were used to accelerate the convergence rate of the Monte Carlo model, a variance reduction method, namely the control variates technique and a method of using deterministic low-discrepancy sequences (also called quasi-Monte Carlo methods).
dc.identifier.apacitationMasutha, N. N. (2018). <i>Pricing swaptions on amortising swaps</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29514en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMasutha, Ndinae Nico. <i>"Pricing swaptions on amortising swaps."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29514en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMasutha, N. 2018. Pricing swaptions on amortising swaps. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Masutha, Ndinae Nico AB - In this dissertation, two efficient approaches for pricing European options on amortising swaps are explored. The first approach is to decompose the pricing of a European amortising swaption into a series of discount bond options, with an assumption that the interest rate follows a one-factor affine model. The second approach is using a one-dimensional numerical integral technique to approximate the price of European amortising swaption, with an assumption that the interest rate follows an additive two-factor affine model. The efficacy of the two methods was tested by making a comparison with the prices generated using Monte Carlo methods. Two methods were used to accelerate the convergence rate of the Monte Carlo model, a variance reduction method, namely the control variates technique and a method of using deterministic low-discrepancy sequences (also called quasi-Monte Carlo methods). DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Pricing swaptions on amortising swaps TI - Pricing swaptions on amortising swaps UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29514 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/29514
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMasutha NN. Pricing swaptions on amortising swaps. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29514en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentAfrican Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerce
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMathematical Finance
dc.titlePricing swaptions on amortising swaps
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhil
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