Calibrating the LIBOR market model to swaptions with an extension for illiquidity in South Africa

The popularity of the LIBOR Market Model (LMM) in interest rate modelling is a result of its consistency with market practice of pricing interest rate derivatives. In the context of a life insurance company, the LMM is calibrated to swaptions as they are actively traded for a wide variety of maturit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moodliyar, Leenesh
Other Authors: Taylor, David
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20346