Probabilistic aspects of finance

DOI10.3150/12-BEJSP05MaRDI QIDQ373529zbMATH OpenFDO

Publication date 17 October 2013

Published in Bernoulli (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.7759, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1377612853

Abstract: In the past decades, advanced probabilistic methods have had significant impact on the field of finance, both in academia and in the financial industry. Conversely, financial questions have stimulated new research directions in probability. In this survey paper, we review some of these developments and point to some areas that might deserve further investigation. We start by reviewing the basics of arbitrage pricing theory, with special emphasis on incomplete markets and on the different roles played by the "real-world" probability measure and its equivalent martingale measures. We then focus on the issue of model ambiguity, also called Knightian uncertainty. We present two case studies in which it is possible to deal with Knightian uncertainty in mathematical terms. The first case study concerns the hedging of derivatives, such as variance swaps, in a strictly pathwise sense. The second one deals with capital requirements and preferences specified by convex and coherent risk measures. In the final two sections we discuss mathematical issues arising from the dramatic increase of algorithmic trading in modern financial markets.

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