Affine Processes on Positive Semidefinite Matrices

57 Pages Posted: 4 Oct 2009 Last revised: 8 Mar 2011

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Christa Cuchiero

Independent

Damir Filipović

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); Swiss Finance Institute

Eberhard Mayerhofer

University of Limerick - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Josef Teichmann

Vienna University of Technology

Date Written: September 30, 2009

Abstract

This paper provides the mathematical foundation for stochastically continuous affine processes on the cone of positive semidefinite symmetric matrices. These matrix-valued affine processes have arisen from a large and growing range of useful applications in finance, including multi-asset option pricing with stochastic volatility and correlation structures, and fixed-income models with stochastically correlated risk factors and default intensities.

Keywords: affine process, stochastic correlation, term structure

JEL Classification: C60, G12, G13

Suggested Citation

Cuchiero, Christa and Filipovic, Damir and Mayerhofer, Eberhard and Teichmann, Josef, Affine Processes on Positive Semidefinite Matrices (September 30, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1481151 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1481151

Christa Cuchiero

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Damir Filipovic (Contact Author)

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) ( email )

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Swiss Finance Institute

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Eberhard Mayerhofer

University of Limerick - Department of Mathematics and Statistics ( email )

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Ireland

Josef Teichmann

Vienna University of Technology ( email )

Department of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
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