Branching diffusions with jumps, and valuation with systemic counterparties

Christoph Belak, Daniel Hoffmann, Frank T. Seifried

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Abstract

We extend the branching diffusion Monte Carlo method of Henry-Labordère et al to the case of parabolic partial differential equations with mixed local–nonlocal analytic nonlinearities. We investigate branching diffusion representations of classical solutions, and we provide sufficient conditions under which the branching diffusion representation solves the partial differential equation in the viscosity sense. Our theoretical setup directly leads to a Monte Carlo algorithm, whose applicabil-ity is showcased in the valuation of financial positions with defaultable, systemically important counterparties and a high-dimensional underlying.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-86
Number of pages36
JournalJournal of Computational Finance
Volume25
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Monte Carlo simulation
  • branching diffusion
  • credit valuation adjustment
  • mixed local–nonlocal partial differential equations (PDEs)
  • nonlinear jumps

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