Monday, August 3, 2015

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What Differentiates Banking and Fintech?

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 03:54 AM PDT

What Differentiates Banking and #Fintech? http://t.co/VeOMpepqUE — Ricardo Henzler (@ricardo_henzler) August 3, 2015

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Backreaction: Dear Dr. B: Can you make up anything in theoretical physics?

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 03:54 AM PDT

Backreaction: Dear Dr. B: Can you make up anything in theoretical physics? http://t.co/KgvY5rbtFw — Sabine Hossenfelder (@skdh) August 3, 2015

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Editorial: Utilities love the free market, until they don’t

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 03:54 AM PDT

"Utilities love the free market, until they don't" http://t.co/bPzDVwj70w — Arthur Charpentier (@freakonometrics) August 3, 2015

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What has experimental economics taught us?

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 03:54 AM PDT

"What has experimental economics taught us?" https://t.co/B0KmEUIFzc ht @GeorgeShiber — Arthur Charpentier (@freakonometrics) August 2, 2015

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Machine Learning And Human Bias: An Uneasy Pair

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 03:54 AM PDT

"Machine Learning And Human Bias: An Uneasy Pair" http://t.co/R9KMovVn6U by @jasonbaldridge — Arthur Charpentier (@freakonometrics) August 2, 2015

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China’s botched stockmarket rescue

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 03:54 AM PDT

It's been a wild few months for China's stockmarket. Why? The Economist takes a closer look http://t.co/DnIjPUoeQ2 http://pic.twitter.com/n31h25Wskk — The…

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Vendor News: Fidessa group announces interim results

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 12:06 AM PDT

Published / Preprint: Variable Annuity with GMWB: surrender or not, that is the question. (arXiv:1507.08738v1 [q-fin.PR])

Posted: 02 Aug 2015 05:37 PM PDT

Under the optimal withdrawal strategy of a policyholder, the pricing of variable annuities with Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (GMWB) is an optimal stochastic control problem. The surrender feature available in marketed products allows termination of the contract before maturity, making it also an optimal stopping problem. Although the surrender feature is quite common in variable annuity...

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Published / Preprint: Interest-Rate Modeling in Collateralized Markets: Multiple curves and credit-liquidity effects. (arXiv:1507.08779v1 [q-fin.PR])

Posted: 02 Aug 2015 05:37 PM PDT

We present a detailed analysis of interest rate derivatives valuation under credit risk and collateral modeling. We show how the credit and collateral extended valuation framework in Pallavicini et al (2011), and the related collateralized valuation measure, can be helpful in defining the key market rates underlying the multiple interest rate curves that characterize current interest rate...

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Published / Preprint: Keeping up with the e-Joneses: Do online social networks raise social comparisons?. (arXiv:1507.08863v1 [cs.CY])

Posted: 02 Aug 2015 05:37 PM PDT

Online social networks such as Facebook disclose an unprecedented volume of personal information amplifying the occasions for social comparisons. We test the hypothesis that the use of social networking sites (SNS) increases people's dissatisfaction with their income. After addressing endogeneity issues, our results suggest that SNS users have a higher probability to compare their achievements...

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Published / Preprint: Efficient and robust calibration of the Heston option pricing model for American options using an improved Cuckoo Search Algorithm. (arXiv:1507.08937v1 [cs.NE])

Posted: 02 Aug 2015 05:37 PM PDT

In this paper an improved Cuckoo Search Algorithm is developed to allow for an efficient and robust calibration of the Heston option pricing model for American options. Calibration of stochastic volatility models like the Heston is significantly harder than classical option pricing models as more parameters have to be estimated. The difficult task of calibrating one of these models to American...

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