Conditional Forecasting of Margin Calls using Dynamic Graph Neural Networks

We introduce a novel Dynamic Graph Neural Network (DGNN) architecture for solving conditional $m$-steps ahead forecasting problems in temporal financial networks. The proposed DGNN is validated on simulated data from a temporal financial network model capturing stylized features of Interest Rate Swa

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Continuous Risk Factor Models: Analyzing Asset Correlations through Energy Distance

This paper introduces a novel approach to financial risk analysis that does not rely on traditional price and market data, instead using market news to model assets as distributions over a metric space of risk factors. By representing asset returns as integrals over the scalar field of these risk fa

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Emerging countries' counter-currency cycles in the face of crises and dominant currencies

This article examines how emerging economies use countercyclical monetary policies to manage economic crises and fluctuations in dominant currencies, such as the US dollar and the euro. Global economic cycles are marked by phases of expansion and recession, often exacerbated by major financial crise

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Graph Signal Processing for Global Stock Market Realized Volatility Forecasting

This paper introduces an innovative realized volatility (RV) forecasting framework that extends the conventional Heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) model via integrating Graph Signal Processing (GSP). The study first evaluates various constructions of volatility-interrelationship networks by analyzi

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Rebalancing-versus-Rebalancing: Improving the fidelity of Loss-versus-Rebalancing

Automated Market Makers (AMMs) hold assets and are constantly being rebalanced by external arbitrageurs to match external market prices. Loss-versus-rebalancing (LVR) is a pivotal metric for measuring how an AMM pool performs for its liquidity providers (LPs) relative to an idealised benchmark where

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Applications of the Second-Order Esscher Pricing in Risk Management

This paper explores the application and significance of the second-order Esscher pricing model in option pricing and risk management. We split the study into two main parts. First, we focus on the constant jump diffusion (CJD) case, analyzing the behavior of option prices as a function of the second

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Debiasing Alternative Data for Credit Underwriting Using Causal Inference

Alternative data provides valuable insights for lenders to evaluate a borrower’s creditworthiness, which could help expand credit access to underserved groups and lower costs for borrowers. But some forms of alternative data have historically been excluded from credit underwriting because it could a

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Differentiable Inductive Logic Programming for Fraud Detection

Current trends in Machine Learning prefer explainability even when it comes at the cost of performance. Therefore, explainable AI methods are particularly important in the field of Fraud Detection. This work investigates the applicability of Differentiable Inductive Logic Programming (DILP) as an ex

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Evaluating utility in synthetic banking microdata applications

Financial regulators such as central banks collect vast amounts of data, but access to the resulting fine-grained banking microdata is severely restricted by banking secrecy laws. Recent developments have resulted in mechanisms that generate faithful synthetic data, but current evaluation frameworks

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Fast Deep Hedging with Second-Order Optimization

Hedging exotic options in presence of market frictions is an important risk management task. Deep hedging can solve such hedging problems by training neural network policies in realistic simulated markets. Training these neural networks may be delicate and suffer from slow convergence, particularly

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

FinVision: A Multi-Agent Framework for Stock Market Prediction

Financial trading has been a challenging task, as it requires the integration of vast amounts of data from various modalities. Traditional deep learning and reinforcement learning methods require large training data and often involve encoding various data types into numerical formats for model input

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Joint Estimation of Conditional Mean and Covariance for Unbalanced Panels

We develop a nonparametric, kernel-based joint estimator for conditional mean and covariance matrices in large and unbalanced panels. The estimator is supported by rigorous consistency results and finite-sample guarantees, ensuring its reliability for empirical applications. We apply it to an extens

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Log Heston Model for Monthly Average VIX

We model time series of VIX (monthly average) and monthly stock index returns. We use log-Heston model: logarithm of VIX is modeled as an autoregression of order 1. Our main insight is that normalizing monthly stock index returns (dividing them by VIX) makes them much closer to independent identical

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Robust Graph Neural Networks for Stability Analysis in Dynamic Networks

In the current context of accelerated globalization and digitalization, the complexity and uncertainty of financial markets are increasing, and the identification and prevention of economic risks have become a key link in maintaining the stability of the financial system. Traditional risk identifica

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Schur Complementary Allocation: A Unification of Hierarchical Risk Parity and Minimum Variance Portfolios

Despite many attempts to make optimization-based portfolio construction in the spirit of Markowitz robust and approachable, it is far from universally adopted. Meanwhile, the collection of more heuristic divide-and-conquer approaches was revitalized by Lopez de Prado where Hierarchical Risk Parity (

October 29, 2024 · 1 min · thequant.space

The VIX as Stochastic Volatility for Corporate Bonds

Classic stochastic volatility models assume volatility is unobservable. We use the Volatility Index: S&P 500 VIX to observe it, to easier fit the model. We apply it to corporate bonds. We fit autoregression for corporate rates and for risk spreads between these rates and Treasury rates. Next, we div

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Do LLM Personas Dream of Bull Markets? Comparing Human and AI Investment Strategies Through the Lens of the Five-Factor Model

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated the ability to adopt a personality and behave in a human-like manner. There is a large body of research that investigates the behavioural impacts of personality in less obvious areas such as investment attitudes or creative decision making. In this stud

October 28, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Liquidity Jump, Liquidity Diffusion, and Crypto Wash Trading

We develop a new framework to detect wash trading in crypto assets through real-time liquidity fluctuation. We propose that short-term price jumps in crypto assets results from wash trading-induced liquidity fluctuation, and construct two complementary liquidity measures, liquidity jump (size of flu

October 28, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Modeling and Replication of the Prepayment Option of Mortgages including Behavioral Uncertainty

Prepayment risk embedded in fixed-rate mortgages forms a significant fraction of a financial institution’s exposure, and it receives particular attention because of the magnitude of the underlying market. The embedded prepayment option (EPO) bears the same interest rate risk as an exotic interest ra

October 28, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Extracting Alpha from Financial Analyst Networks

We investigate the effectiveness of a momentum trading signal based on the coverage network of financial analysts. This signal builds on the key information-brokerage role financial sell-side analysts play in modern stock markets. The baskets of stocks covered by each analyst can be used to construc

October 27, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space