Paper breaks down risk contribution into inherent and correlation risk components.
problem Understanding the sources of risk in portfolio contributions.
method Leave-one-out decomposition approach to separate inherent and correlation risk contributions.
result The decomposition reveals distinct contributions of position volatility and correlation to portfolio risk.
The study designs inherently interpretable machine learning models for high-risk sectors.
problem The need for transparent and explainable machine learning models in regulated industries.
method Qualitative template based on feature effects and model architecture constraints for assessing inherent interpretability.
result Demonstrates the design and evaluation of an interpretable ReLU DNN model for predicting credit default.
This paper identifies and analyzes biases in risk-adjusted index weighting methods, affecting social welfare and market fairness.
problem Biases in risk-adjusted index weighting methods lead to tracking errors and fraud in indices and ETFs.
method Characterizes and analyzes the biases and adverse effects of risk-adjusted index weighting methods.
result These biases reduce social welfare and can enable harmful arbitrage activities.
Inherent risk scoring is an important function in anti-money laundering, used for determining the riskiness of an individual during onboarding before fraudulent transactions occur. It is, however, often fraught with two challenges: (1) inconsistent notions of what constitutes as high or low risk by experts a…
Study evaluates risk in options using volatility surface projections.
problem Risk assessment of options due to their non-linear price behavior and volatility fluctuations.
method Parametric surface projection method for implied volatility.
result Enhanced risk evaluation through dynamic volatility surface analysis.
New framework identifies hidden risks and optionality in American options.
problem Underestimation of flexibility and convexity in early-exercise features.
method Introducing stochasticity into underlying determinants to quantify hidden risks and optionality.
result Remedies conventional pricing systems that underestimate optionality.
I report a new statistical distribution formulated to confront the infamous, long-standing, computational/modeling challenge presented by highly skewed and/or leptokurtic ("fat- or heavy-tailed") data. The distribution is straightforward, flexible and effective. Even when working with far fewer data points than are rou…
GenAI offers financial benefits but requires risk management.
problem Managing risks in financial applications of AI.
method Balancing AI's potential with risk control strategies.
result Proper risk management is essential for AI growth in finance.
Study risk-sensitive reinforcement learning with Lipschitz dynamic risk measures, establishing regret bounds.
problem Risk-sensitive reinforcement learning in Markov decision processes.
method Two model-based algorithms for Lipschitz dynamic risk measures, focusing on regret bounds.
result Upper bounds demonstrate optimal dependencies on actions and episodes, reflecting risk sensitivity vs. sample complexity trade-off.
RAGIC predicts stock intervals with risk considerations, improving prediction accuracy and coverage.
problem Limited success in predicting stock market outcomes due to stochastic nature and risk oversight.
method RAGIC uses a GAN with a risk module and temporal module to generate risk-sensitive stock intervals.
result RAGIC achieves a consistent 95% coverage with narrow interval widths, balancing accuracy and risk.
Systemic risk measures are crucial for the stability of financial markets, yet classical formulations fail to capture the complexity of market volatility. We propose a new framework for systemic risk measurement on the variable-exponent Bochner-Lebesgue space Lp(⋅), where the exponent p(⋅) is a random va…
Risk is an inherent feature of agricultural production and marketing and accurate measurement of it helps inform more efficient use of resources. This paper examines three tail quantile-based risk measures applied to the estimation of extreme agricultural financial risk for corn and soybean production in the US: Value …
Numerical challenges inherent in algorithms for computing worst Value-at-Risk in homogeneous portfolios are identified and solutions as well as words of warning concerning their implementation are provided. Furthermore, both conceptual and computational improvements to the Rearrangement Algorithm for approximating wors…
In many applications of classifier learning, training data suffers from label noise. Deep networks are learned using huge training data where the problem of noisy labels is particularly relevant. The current techniques proposed for learning deep networks under label noise focus on modifying the network architecture and…
Study proposes a tax-based system to share disaster risk among regions.
problem Systemic risk in catastrophic events and insurer insolvency.
method Public-private partnership with government intervention through taxation.
result Taxation system effectively shares residual claims in case of insurer insolvency.
Copulas outperform marginal models in multivariate risk forecasting, reducing model risk by narrowing down the set of models.
problem Model risk in multivariate risk forecasting, especially during crises.
method Comprehensive empirical study comparing Copula-GARCH models with fixed marginals, copulas, or neither.
result Model risk is almost entirely due to copula choice, not marginal models.
Integrates CNN and GRU for precise stock market risk alerts.
problem Predicting future stock market risks and providing early warnings.
method Uses CNN for feature extraction and GRU for time series analysis.
result Effective early warnings of future stock market risks.
Two-stage risk control for ranked retrieval systems.
problem Assessing prediction uncertainty and risk control in sequential machine learning systems.
method Developed two-stage risk control methods based on LTT and CRC frameworks, leveraging sequential nature of retrieval and ranking phases.
result The proposed methods provide theoretical guarantees and reduce computational burden compared to prior work.
Proposes a network-based strategy to manage financial market risks.
problem Managing extreme events in volatile financial markets.
method Extreme value theory, network model, maximum independent set, value at risk, expected shortfall.
result Developed portfolio strategies improve risk diversification.
We introduce a general decision tree framework to value an option to invest/divest in a project, focusing on the model risk inherent in the assumptions made by standard real option valuation methods. We examine how real option values depend on the dynamics of project value and investment costs, the frequency of exercis…
Online learning algorithms have impressive convergence properties when it comes to risk minimization and convex games on very large problems. However, they are inherently sequential in their design which prevents them from taking advantage of modern multi-core architectures. In this paper we prove that online learning …
This paper empirically analyses risk in the Euro relative to other currencies. Comparisons are made between a sub period encompassing the final transitional stage to full monetary union with a sub period prior to this. Stability in the face of speculative attack is examined using Extreme Value Theory to obtain estimate…
Simplified approach to portfolio risk management and hedging in practice.
problem Challenges in applying academic portfolio risk management and hedging in real-world business settings.
method A straightforward approach using convex optimization and quadratic programming.
result Demonstrates how to solve portfolio risk management and hedging problems with CVXOPT.
Surveying risk measures for handling uncertainty in various fields.
problem Handling uncertainty in engineering and data-driven problems.
method Review of risk measures and their applications.
result Rapid development and widespread use of risk measures.
We study adversarial perturbations when the instances are uniformly distributed over {0,1}n. We study both "inherent" bounds that apply to any problem and any classifier for such a problem as well as bounds that apply to specific problems and specific hypothesis classes. As the current literature contains multiple…
This study tackles basis risk in weather parametric insurance using Monte Carlo simulations.
problem Mismatch between actual loss and payout in weather parametric insurance leads to loss without payout or payout without loss.
method Empirical research using Monte Carlo simulations to test diversification and hedging strategies.
result Portfolio basis risk and volatility decrease with more contracts, and spatial relationships significantly impact basis risk.
Paper decomposes risk into aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties and generates predictive uncertainty measures.
problem Unclear relationships between various predictive uncertainty measures in literature.
method Bayesian estimation to decompose risk into aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties, generating different predictive uncertainty measures.
result Experimental validation confirms usefulness of derived predictive uncertainty measures for detecting out-of-distribution and misclassified instances.
Paper develops framework for valuing and assessing credit risk in renewable PPAs.
problem Renewable PPAs expose both parties to counterparty credit risk.
method Modelled joint dynamics of electricity prices and renewable output, incorporated default probabilities.
result Provides transparent metric for PPA valuation under counterparty risk.
VaR-CPO optimizes VaR-constrained RL problems with conservative policy updates.
problem Optimizing VaR-constrained reinforcement learning problems.
method Combines Cantelli's inequality and trust-region framework for efficient and conservative optimization.
result Achieves zero constraint violations during training in feasible environments.
The paper improves semi-supervised learning using f-divergences and α-Rényi divergences.
problem Improving semi-supervised learning with noisy pseudo-labels.
method Inspired by f-divergences and α-Rényi divergences, the paper develops new empirical risk functions and regularization techniques. result The new methods show better performance than traditional self-training methods, especially in noisy pseudo-label scenarios.
This work studies the problem of batch off-policy evaluation for Reinforcement Learning in partially observable environments. Off-policy evaluation under partial observability is inherently prone to bias, with risk of arbitrarily large errors. We define the problem of off-policy evaluation for Partially Observable Mark…
We focus on two particular aspects of model risk: the inability of a chosen model to fit observed market prices at a given point in time (calibration error) and the model risk due to recalibration of model parameters (in contradiction to the model assumptions). In this context, we follow the approach of Glasserman and …
The paper proposes a new method to measure risk with fine-grained tail sensitivity.
problem Risk measures that do not account for tail sensitivity are insufficient for machine learning systems.
method The approach involves specifying a reference distribution with desired tail behavior and constructing risk measures compatible with this upper probability.
result Risk measures with fine-grained tail sensitivity can replace the expectation operator in machine learning systems.
Paper proposes a risk-averse approach to energy storage price arbitrage using conformal uncertainty quantification.
problem Inherent volatility and uncertainty of real-time electricity prices create financial risks for storage arbitrage.
method Two-layer prediction model with conformal uncertainty quantification for high coverage of real-time price uncertainty.
result The framework achieves good profit margins with minimal losses, demonstrating effectiveness in real-time market.
A green simulation-assisted reinforcement learning method for biomanufacturing.
problem Complexity, high variability, lead time, and limited historical data in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
method Quantifies model risk, uses posterior distribution, and selectively reuses simulation data.
result Demonstrates promising performance in online learning and decision making.
Paper introduces Market-adaptive Ratio for better portfolio management.
problem Traditional risk-adjusted ratios fail to account for bull and bear markets.
method Integrates ρ parameter and uses reinforcement learning to adjust portfolio allocations dynamically. result Market-adaptive Ratio outperforms traditional ratios in bull and bear markets.
We construct a data-driven statistical indicator for quantifying the tail risk perceived by the EURGBP option market surrounding Brexit-related events. We show that under lognormal SABR dynamics this tail risk is closely related to the so-called martingale defect and provide a closed-form expression for this defect whi…
Several well-established benchmark predictors exist for Value-at-Risk (VaR), a major instrument for financial risk management. Hybrid methods combining AR-GARCH filtering with skewed-t residuals and the extreme value theory-based approach are particularly recommended. This study introduces yet another VaR predictor, …
We present a HJM approach to the projection of multiple yield curves developed to capture the volatility content of historical term structures for risk management purposes. Since we observe the empirical data at daily frequency and only for a finite number of time-to-maturity buckets, we propose a modelling framework w…
New method estimates model risk without knowing function class.
problem Evaluating model risk for complex, opaque models.
method Wild refitting with Bregman losses and randomized symmetrization.
result Valid upper bound on excess risk for opaque models.
Paper estimates spectral risk measures for insurance data with truncated and censored data.
problem Estimating spectral risk measures for insurance data with left truncation and right censoring.
method Proposes a non-parametric estimator using product limit estimator and establishes asymptotic normality.
result Proposed estimator outperforms existing methods for small k and small sample sizes.
This paper evaluates investment risks in LATAM AI startups using DCF method.
problem Unique challenges and risks faced by LATAM tech startups.
method Total Addressable Market (TAM), Serviceable Available Market (SAM), and Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM) metrics; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method.
result Developed a ranking of emerging powers in Latin America for tech startup investment.
Study optimal contracts for pandemic risk, offering fixed shares and prevention mechanisms.
problem Optimal delegation contracts in the face of pandemic shutdown risk.
method Dynamic principal-agent model with exogenous early termination risk.
result Explicit characterization of optimal wage and action for prevention mechanisms.
Optimal cutoff interval for risk scores improves binary classification accuracy.
problem Improving binary classification accuracy with abstention.
method Determines optimal cutoff interval for risk scores, refraining from decisions outside this interval.
result Minimizes classification margin and maximizes accuracy within the interval.
This paper provides a quantitative method for estimating the risk associated with candidate transportation technology, before it is developed and deployed. The proposed solution extends previous methods that rely exclusively on low-fidelity human-in-the-loop experimental data, or high-fidelity traffic data, by adopting…
This paper optimizes cryptocurrency portfolios by clustering price correlations and improving risk-return profiles.
problem Volatility and regulatory uncertainty in cryptocurrency markets make portfolio construction challenging.
method The paper combines network analysis, price forecasting, and portfolio theory to identify stable groups of correlated cryptocurrencies.
result Predictive consensus-clustering portfolios maintain positive and stable performance up to a 14-day horizon, with favourable gain-loss asymmetry and tighter tail-risk control.
Model predicts S&P500 volatility more accurately than existing models.
problem Improving accuracy of volatility and market risk forecasts.
method Stacked model using Gradient Descent Boosting, Random Forest, SVM, and Artificial Neural Network.
result The model outperforms other models in forecasting S&P500 volatility.
New MFG model for MV portfolio management with peer-based risk aversion.
problem Time-inconsistent mean-variance portfolio management with peer-based risk aversion.
method Mean-field game, smooth regularization, fixed-point arguments, convergence analysis.
result Existence of mean-field equilibrium in time-inconsistent MFG.