The Recalibration Conundrum: Hedging Valuation Adjustment for Callable Claims

Cyril B\'en\'ezet, St\'ephane Cr\'epey and Dounia Essaket
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Cyril B\'en\'ezet: LaMME, ENSIIE
St\'ephane Cr\'epey: LPSM
Dounia Essaket: LPSM

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Abstract: The dynamic hedging theory only makes sense in the setup of one given model, whereas the practice of dynamic hedging is just the opposite, with models fleeing after the data through daily recalibration. This is quite of a quantitative finance paradox. In this paper we revisit Burnett (2021) \& Burnett and Williams (2021)'s notion of hedging valuation adjustment (HVA), originally intended to deal with dynamic hedging frictions, in the direction of recalibration and model risks. Specifically, we extend to callable assets the HVA model risk approach of B{\'e}n{\'e}zet and Cr{\'e}pey (2024). The classical way to deal with model risk is to reserve the differences between the valuations in reference models and in the local models used by traders. However, while traders' prices are thus corrected, their hedging strategies and their exercise decisions are still wrong, which necessitates a risk-adjusted reserve. We illustrate our approach on a stylized callable range accrual representative of huge amounts of structured products on the market. We show that a model risk reserve adjusted for the risk of wrong exercise decisions may largely exceed a basic reserve only accounting for valuation differences.

Date: 2023-04, Revised 2026-01
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