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Financial Modelling 4521A/B
ADVANCED FINANCIAL MODELLING
Continuous-time models, Brownian motion, stochastic integrals, Ito's lemma. Black-Scholes-Merton market model, arbitrage and market completeness, Black-Scholes PDE, risk-neutral pricing and martingale measures. Greeks and hedging, extensions of Black-Scholes model, implied volatility, American option valuation. Vasicek and Cox-Ingersoll-Ross interest rate models.
Antirequisite(s): The former Statistical Sciences 4521F/G, the former Financial Modelling 4521F/G.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum mark of 60% in either Financial Modelling 3520A/B (or the former Stat Sci 3520A/B), or Financial Modelling 3613A/B (or the former Applied Mathematics 3613A/B) and a minimum mark of 60% in Stat Sci 2857A/B.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth:
CATEGORY C
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Subject Code: FINMOD
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