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Laurea magistrale in Banca e finanza - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Stage
6
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Final exam
15
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activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Stage
6
F
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Final exam
15
E
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Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°

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Teaching code

4S001142

Teacher

Coordinator

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-S/06 - MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCES

Period

secondo semestre lauree magistrali dal Feb 25, 2019 al May 31, 2019.

Learning outcomes

The course offers an introduction to arbitrage theory and its applications to financial derivatives pricing in discrete and continuous time.

Program

First part: No arbitrage principle in discrete time

1) Binomial model (one-period and multi-period)
a) Portfolio and no-arbitrage pricing
b) Contingent claims
c) Risk neutral valuation
2) The absence of arbitrage
3) First and Second Fundamental Theorems
4) Martingale pricing
5) Market completeness

Second part: No-arbitrage principle in continuous time

1) Stochastic calculus: stochastic differential equations (basics)
2) Martingales
3) Girsanov Theorem
4) Feynman-Kac Theorem
5) Self-financing portfolios
6) No-arbitrage pricing
7) The Black-Scholes formula and its derivation.
8) Delta-hedging

Textbooks and references
1) Bjork, T., Arbitrage theory in continuous time, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
2) F. Menoncin: Mercati finanziari e gestione del rischio. Isedi, 2006.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
T. Bjork Arbitrage theory in continuous time (Edizione 3) Oxford University Press 2009 978-0-199-57474-2
Desmond J. Higham e Nicholas J. Higham MATLAB Guide SIAM 2005
F. Menoncin Mercati finanziari e gestione del rischio Isedi 2006

Examination Methods

There is a written test.

The test consists of exercises and a theoretical question. The use of calculators is allowed during the test.

Pass requires an 18/30 mark.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE