Kriging of financial term-structures

Areski Cousin (), Hassan Maatouk () and Didier Rulliere ()
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Areski Cousin: LSAF - Laboratoire de Sciences Actuarielle et Financière - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon
Hassan Maatouk: ENSM ST-ETIENNE - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de St Etienne, GdR MASCOT-NUM - Méthodes d'Analyse Stochastique des Codes et Traitements Numériques - INSMI-CNRS - Institut National des Sciences Mathématiques et de leurs Interactions - CNRS Mathématiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Due to the lack of reliable market information, building financial term-structures may be associated with a significant degree of uncertainty. In this paper, we propose a new term-structure interpolation method that extends classical spline techniques by additionally allowing for quantification of uncertainty. The proposed method is based on a generalization of kriging models with linear equality constraints (market-fit conditions) and shape-preserving conditions such as monotonicity or positivity (no-arbitrage conditions). We define the most likely curve and show how to build confidence bands. The Gaussian process covariance hyper-parameters under the construction constraints are estimated using cross-validation techniques. Based on observed market quotes at different dates, we demonstrate the efficiency of the method by building curves together with confidence intervals for term-structures of OIS discount rates, of zero-coupon swaps rates and of CDS implied default probabilities. We also show how to construct interest-rate surfaces or default probability surfaces by considering time (quotation dates) as an additional dimension.

Keywords: no-arbitrage constraints; yield curve; Model risk; OIS discount curve; implied default distribution; interest-rate curve; kriging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-06-04
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Published in European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, 255 (2), pp.631-648. ⟨10.1016/j.ejor.2016.05.057⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.05.057

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