Author Archives: Shengyu ZHENG

Extreme correlation

Extreme correlation In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) explains the concept of extreme correlation. Background In financial risk management, there is a concept that is often overlooked, the extreme correlation … Continue reading

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Optimal threshold selection for the peak-over-threshold approach of extreme value theory

Optimal threshold selection for the peak-over-threshold approach of extreme value theory In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) explains the different methods used to select the threshold for the tails for … Continue reading

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Extreme returns and tail modelling of the CSI 300 index for the Chinese equity market

Extreme returns and tail modelling of the CSI 300 index for the Chinese equity market In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) describes the statistical behavior of extreme returns of the … Continue reading

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Extreme returns and tail modelling of the Nikkei 225 index for the Japanese equity market

Extreme returns and tail modelling of the Nikkei 225 index for the Japanese equity market In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) describes the statistical behavior of extreme returns of the … Continue reading

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Extreme returns and tail modelling of the FTSE 100 index for the UK equity market

Extreme returns and tail modelling of the FTSE 100 index for the UK equity market In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) describes the statistical behavior of extreme returns of the … Continue reading

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Copula

Copula In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) presents copula, a statistical tool that is commonly used to model dependency of random variables. Linear correlation In the world stacked with various … Continue reading

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Extreme returns and tail modelling of the EURO STOXX 50 index for the European equity market

Extreme returns and tail modelling of the EURO STOXX 50 index for the European equity market In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) describes the statistical behavior of extreme returns of … Continue reading

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Extreme returns and tail modelling of the S&P 500 index for the US equity market

Extreme returns and tail modelling of the S&P 500 index for the US equity market In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) describes the statistical behavior of extreme returns of the … Continue reading

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Les distributions statistiques

Distributions statistiques : variable discrète vs variable continue Dans cet article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole – Master in Management, 2020-2024) explique les distributions statistiques pour des variables aléatoires discrètes et continues. Variables aléatoires discrète et continue Une … Continue reading

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My experience as Actuarial Apprentice at La Mutuelle Générale

My experience as Actuarial Apprentice at La Mutuelle Générale In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2024) shares his professional experience as Actuarial Apprentice at La Mutuelle Générale . About the company … Continue reading

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La Directive Solvabilité II

Dans cet article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole – Master in Management, 2020-2023) présente la directive Solvabilité II pour les compagnies d’assurance. Vue globale Solvabilité II (surnom de la Directive 2009/138/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du … Continue reading

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Capital Guaranteed Products

Capital Guaranteed Products In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2023) explains how capital guaranteed products are built. Motivation for investing in capital-guaranteed products In order to invest the surplus of the … Continue reading

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Mesures de risques

Mesures de risques Dans cet article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2023) présente les mesures de risques basées sur la distribution statistique des rentabilités d’une position de marché, ce qui est une approche … Continue reading

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Catégories de mesures de risques

Catégories de mesures de risque Dans cet article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2023) présente les catégories de mesures de risques couramment utilisées en finance. Selon le type d’actif et l’objectif de gestion … Continue reading

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Moments d’une distribution statistique

Moments d’une distribution statistique Dans cet article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2023) présente les quatre premiers moments d’une distribution statistique : la moyenne, la variance, la skewness et la kurtosis. Variable aléatoire … Continue reading

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Extreme Value Theory: the Block-Maxima approach and the Peak-Over-Threshold approach

Extreme Value Theory: the Block-Maxima approach and the Peak-Over-Threshold approach In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2023) presents the extreme value theory (EVT) and two commonly used modelling approaches: block-maxima (BM) … Continue reading

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Reverse Convertibles

Reverse Convertibles In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2023) explains reverse convertibles, which are a structured product with a fixed-rate coupon and downside risk. Introduction The financial market has been ever … Continue reading

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Pricing barrier options with simulations and sensitivity analysis with Greeks

Pricing barrier options with simulations and sensitivity analysis with Greeks In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2023) explains the pricing of barrier options with Monte-Carlo simulations and the sensitivity analysis of … Continue reading

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Pricing barrier options with analytical formulas

Pricing barrier options with analytical formulas As is mentioned in the previous post, the frequency of monitoring is one of the determinants of the price of a barrier option. The higher the frequency, the more likely a barrier event would … Continue reading

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Barrier options

Barrier options In this article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2020-2023) explains barrier options which are the most traded exotic options in derivatives markets. Description Barrier options are path dependent. Their payoffs are … Continue reading

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