LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is aimed at providing students with the knowledge and mastery at the application layer of main quantitative techniques used (a) in financial derivatives pricing, and (b) for actuarial computing, in the light of the most recent European legislation and international accounting standards.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is aimed at providing students with the knowledge and mastery at the application level of the main quantitative techniques used for pricing of derivative financial products and for the assessment of actuarial positions in the light of the most recent European legislation and accounting principles International
   

TEACHING METHODS

Lessons held by the instructor, as well as cases study

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

PROGRAM / CONTENTS

        Part I: Managing Pension Schemes: General remarks

        Part II: Methods for calculating pension plans: actuarial and financial aspects.

        Part III: The main funding methods with particular emphasis on the method: Projected Unit Credit (PUC)

        Part IV: The PUC in the context of international accounting discipline (IAS 19)

        Part V: Derivative Products: a Review

        Part VI: Pricing of futures and futures: graphical pay-off analysis and replication argument.

        Part VII: Options.

        Part VIII: Pricing of options with the binomial method.

        Part IX: Pricing of options with the Black-Scholes method.

        Part X: Extensions and Greeks.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Classes materials will be made available on the Aulaweb site of the course.