NMAA05113U Continuous Time Finance (FinKont)

Volume 2015/2016
Education

MSc Programme in Actuarial Mathematics
MSc Programme in Mathematics-Economics

Content

 

  • Stochastic differential equations
  • stochastic integrals
  • arbitrage
  • complet markets
  • martingale methods in finalcial mathematics
Learning Outcome

 

 

Knowledge:
Stochastic differential equation and methods applied in life insurance models.

Skills: 
At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to

 

 

  • Apply theorems on stochastic integrals and stochastic differential equations, including theorems such as: Ito's formula, Feynman-Kac representations, martingale representations, Girsanov's theorem.
  • Determine arbitrage free prices of financial claims including determining partial differential equations for price functions.
  • Deduce if a diffusion model for the market is arbitrage free and if it is complete and to be familiar with the 1st and 2nd fundamental theorems of asset pricing including the determination of martingale measures.
  • Apply concepts for portfolios including self financing and replicating.
  • Apply the theory to determine the Black-Scholes price for a call option.

Competencies:
To provide operational qualifications and insight in modern financial methods

Book:
Thomas Bjork
"Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time" (third edition)
Oxford University Press

Mål og integralteori (MI) and either FInansiering 1 (Fin1) or Grundlæggende livsforsikringsmatematik 1 (Liv1). Otherwise similar
4 hours of lectures and 3 hours of exercises per week for 7 weeks.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Exam
  • 3
  • Lectures
  • 28
  • Preparation
  • 154
  • Theory exercises
  • 21
  • Total
  • 206
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written examination, 3 hours
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Aid
All aids allowed

NB: If the exam is held at the ITX, the ITX will provide you a computer. Private computer, tablet or mobile phone CANNOT be brought along to the exam. Books and notes should be brought on paper or saved on a USB key.

Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
One internal examiner.
Re-exam

30 minutes oral exam without preparation time and no aids, with several internal examiners.

Criteria for exam assesment

The student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome.