Two-Factor Hull-White Model Revisited: Correlation Structure for Two-Factor Interest Rate Model in CVA Calculation

The development of credit valuation adjustment (CVA) (valuation adjustments [XVA]) [Green] has increased the importance of simple interest rate models such as the Hull-White model [Tan14] [Tsuchiya]. This is because the XVA model is an FX hybrid model, and is tractable only when the interest rate pa

March 10, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Uncertainty-Aware Deep Hedging

Deep hedging trains neural networks to manage derivative risk under market frictions, but produces hedge ratios with no measure of model confidence – a significant barrier to deployment. We introduce uncertainty quantification to the deep hedging framework by training a deep ensemble of five indepe

March 10, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

A Distributed Method for Cooperative Transaction Cost Mitigation

Funds at large portfolio management firms may consist of many portfolio managers (PMs), each managing a portion of the fund and optimizing a distinct objective. Although the PMs determine their trades independently, the trade lists may be netted and executed by the firm. These net trades may be suff

March 9, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Choice of Collateral Currency in Differential Swaps

The role of collateral in derivative pricing has evolved beyond credit risk mitigation, particularly following the global financial crisis, when funding costs and basis spreads became central to valuation practices. This development coincided with the transition from the London Interbank Offered Rat

March 9, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Generative Adversarial Regression (GAR): Learning Conditional Risk Scenarios

We propose Generative Adversarial Regression (GAR), a framework for learning conditional risk scenarios through generators aligned with downstream risk objectives. GAR builds on a regression characterization of conditional risk for elicitable functionals, including quantiles, expectiles, and jointly

March 9, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Joint Return and Risk Modeling with Deep Neural Networks for Portfolio Construction

Portfolio construction traditionally relies on separately estimating expected returns and covariance matrices using historical statistics, often leading to suboptimal allocation under time-varying market conditions. This paper proposes a joint return and risk modeling framework based on deep neural

March 9, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Nonconcave Portfolio Choice under Smooth Ambiguity

We study continuous-time portfolio choice with nonlinear payoffs under smooth ambiguity and Bayesian learning. We develop a general framework for dynamic, non-concave asset allocation that accommodates nonlinear payoffs, broad utility classes, and flexible ambiguity attitudes. Dynamic consistency is

March 9, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Spectral Portfolio Theory: From SGD Weight Matrices to Wealth Dynamics

We develop spectral portfolio theory by establishing a direct identification: neural network weight matrices trained on stochastic processes are portfolio allocation matrices, and their spectral structure encodes factor decompositions and wealth concentration patterns. The three forces governing sto

March 9, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Temporal Coverage Bias in Financial Panel Data: A Coverage-Aware Structuring Framework with Evidence from the Dhaka Stock Exchange

A common practice in empirical finance is to construct calendar-aligned panels that implicitly treat all instruments as having existed for the full observation period. When securities with different listing histories are combined without explicit coverage constraints, price histories can be inadvert

March 9, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Differential Machine Learning for 0DTE Options with Stochastic Volatility and Jumps

We present a differential machine learning method for zero-days-to-expiry (0DTE) options under a stochastic-volatility jump-diffusion model. To handle the ultra-short-maturity regime, we express the option price in Black-Scholes form with a maturity-gated variance correction, combining supervision o

March 8, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Dynamic slippage control and rejection feedback in spot FX market making

We study an OTC FX market-making problem, built on the Avellaneda-Stoikov tradition, in which a dealer streams size-dependent quotes on a discrete ladder and manages inventory risk over a finite horizon under Poisson arrivals of trade requests. Adverse selection is modelled through latency-driven pr

March 8, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Generalized Stock Price Prediction for Multiple Stocks Combined with News Fusion

Predicting stock prices presents challenges in financial forecasting. While traditional approaches such as ARIMA and RNNs are prevalent, recent developments in Large Language Models (LLMs) offer alternative methodologies. This paper introduces an approach that integrates LLMs with daily financial ne

March 8, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

SABR Type Libor (Forward) Market Model (SABR/LMM) with time-dependent skew and smile

Volatility Skew and Smile of Interest Rate products (Swaption and Caplet) are represented by SABR (Stochastic Alpha Beta Rho model). So, the Interest Rate derivatives model for pricing the callable exotic swaps should be comparable to the SABR volatility surface. In the interest rate derivatives mod

March 8, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Understanding the Long-Only Minimum Variance Portfolio

For a covariance matrix coming from a factor model of returns, we investigate the relationship between the long-only global minimum variance portfolio and the asset exposures to the factors. In the case of a 1-factor model, we provide a rigorous and explicit description of the long-only solution in

March 8, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

From debt crises to financial crashes (and back): a stock-flow consistent model for stock price bubbles

We develop a stochastic macro-financial model in continuous time by integrating two specifications of the Keen economic framework with a financial market driven by a jump-diffusion process. The economic block of the model combines monetary debt-deflation mechanisms with Ponzi-type financial destabil

March 7, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Calibrated Credit Intelligence: Shift-Robust and Fair Risk Scoring with Bayesian Uncertainty and Gradient Boosting

Credit risk scoring must support high-stakes lending decisions where data distributions change over time, probability estimates must be reliable, and group-level fairness is required. While modern machine learning models improve default prediction accuracy, they often produce poorly calibrated score

March 6, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Convergence of Neural Network Policies for Risk--Reward Optimization

We develop a neural-network framework for multi-period risk–reward stochastic control problems with constrained two-step feedback policies that may be discontinuous in the state. We allow a broad class of objectives built on a finite-dimensional performance vector, including terminal and path-depen

March 6, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

General bounds on functionals of the lifetime under life table constraints in a joint actuarial-financial framework

In life insurance, life tables are used to estimate the survival distribution of individuals from a given population. However, these tables only provide survival probabilities at integer ages but no information about the distribution of deaths between two consecutive integer values. This incompleten

March 6, 2026 · 3 min · thequant.space

Impact of arbitrage between leveraged ETF and futures on market liquidity during market crash

Leveraged ETFs (L-ETFs) are exchange-traded funds that achieve price movements several times greater than an index by holding index-linked futures such as Nikkei Stock Average Index futures. It is known that when the price of an L-ETF falls, the L-ETF uses the liquidity of futures to limit the decli

March 6, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

P vs NP Problem in Portfolio Optimization: Integrating the Markowitz-CAPM Framework with Cardinality Constraints and Black-Scholes Derivative Pricing

This paper makes the Millennium Prize problem P vs NP operational in quantitative finance by studying cardinality-constrained portfolio selection. Starting from the convex Markowitz mean-variance program with CAPM-based expected returns (Rf plus beta times ERP), we impose a hard sparsity rule that l

March 6, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space