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48 results for Ponzi Schemes

UK hosts 62.89% of all HYIPs, many registered as 'limited company'.

problem Understanding the prevalence and characteristics of HYIPs in the UK.
method Examined HYIPs' registration in UK, analyzed social media and payment processors, used Cox proportional regression analysis.
result HYIPs with valid UK addresses tend to have longer lifespans.

The paper uses a model to predict financial instability by analyzing interest rates and firm resilience.

problem Financial instability and the number of Ponzi firms during economic crises.
method An autocatalytic feedback model that combines interest rates, firm resilience, and network effects.
result The model successfully predicts the number of Ponzi firms and explains the dynamics of financial crises.

Model explains stock price bubbles through debt crises and financial crashes.

problem Analyzing financial fragility and stock price bubbles.
method Stock-flow consistent model integrating macroeconomic and financial market dynamics.
result Model demonstrates how credit expansion and crash risk lead to recurrent boom-bust cycles.

Investigates optimal trading strategies for illiquid assets using a modified market impact model.

problem Optimizing investment behavior in a large unregulated financial institution with illiquid assets.
method Extension of Almgren-Chriss model to account for market illiquidity and expected utility optimization.
result Explicit closed-form solution for optimal trading strategy with interesting properties.

This paper explores crypto, blockchain, and Metaverse risks and opportunities.

problem Understanding crypto crashes and blockchain technologies.
method Interdisciplinary approach combining fintech, machine learning, and risk assessment.
result Blockchain technologies will continue to dominate, but discerning genuine projects is crucial.
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Funds inflate their returns due to price pressure, leading to wealth reallocation and market crashes.

problem Funds inflate their returns due to price pressure, leading to wealth reallocation and market crashes.
method Decomposed fund returns into price pressure and fundamental components, and identified the impact of price chasing on fund flows.
result Funds' self-inflated returns lead to wealth reallocation and market crashes, and can be predicted by fund illiquidity.

Paper proposes a new numerical scheme for solving BSDEs.

problem Solving backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs).
method Uses Lagrange interpolation to approximate derivatives and changes sample point distributions for different stability and convergence.
result Guarantees convergence of the scheme under certain conditions on sample point distributions.

Improved scheme for option pricing in stochastic volatility models with jumps.

problem Efficiently pricing options in models with stochastic volatility and jumps.
method Developed a high-order compact finite difference scheme for SVCJ models.
result Achieves fourth order convergence compared to standard schemes.

A new method for computing image curvature efficiently and accurately.

problem Low performance, low accuracy, and requirement of second order differentiability in conventional computation schemes.
method Proposes a novel discrete computation scheme for weighted Gaussian curvature.
result More accurate, computationally more efficient, and does not require second order differentiability.

Study evaluates UK CDC schemes, finding intergenerational cross-subsidies in flat-accrual schemes and dynamic-accrual schemes can reduce but not eliminate them.

problem Intergenerational cross-subsidies in UK CDC schemes, particularly in flat-accrual schemes.
method Comparison of flat-accrual and dynamic-accrual CDC schemes, analysis of performance and level of cross-subsidies.
result Dynamic-accrual schemes can reduce but not eliminate intergenerational cross-subsidies, while flat-accrual schemes often have significant cross-subsidies.

New high-order compact scheme improves basket option pricing accuracy.

problem Improving accuracy in pricing European Put options on a basket of assets.
method Developed a second-order accurate in time and fourth-order accurate in space high-order compact scheme.
result Standard second-order schemes are significantly outperformed by the new scheme.

AES scheme improves Bermudan and American option pricing for Heston models.

problem Pricing Bermudan and American options under Heston models efficiently.
method AES scheme using non-central chi-square distribution for variance process.
result AES achieves higher accuracy and computational efficiency for Bermudan options.

Paper proves strong convergence of Ninomiya-Victoir scheme and proposes an improved multilevel estimator.

problem Strong convergence analysis of Ninomiya-Victoir scheme and optimization of multilevel Monte Carlo estimators.
method Proves strong convergence of order 1/2 for Ninomiya-Victoir scheme and proposes a modified scheme with strong coupling to Giles-Szpruch scheme.
result Improves efficiency of multilevel Monte Carlo estimators by reducing the number of discretization levels.

Characterizes Hilbert schemes and their geometric properties.

problem Understanding transverse Hilbert schemes and their geometric properties.
method Characterization through bi-Poisson structures and hyperkähler geometry.
result Characterization of transverse Hilbert schemes and description of their hyperkähler geometry.

Extends JKO scheme for iterative algorithms with unknown parameters.

problem Computational and statistical analysis of iterative algorithms with unknown parameters.
method Develops statistical methods to estimate unknown parameters and adapts JKO scheme.
result Establishes asymptotic theory for the statistical JKO scheme.

A hybrid scheme improves accuracy in simulating Brownian semistationary processes.

problem Simulating Brownian semistationary processes with high accuracy.
method Discretizing the stochastic integral representation using a hybrid scheme of power and step functions.
result The hybrid scheme leads to a substantial improvement in accuracy compared to the forward Riemann-sum scheme.

Efficient simulation scheme for rough Heston model reduces computational cost.

problem Accurate and efficient simulation of the rough Heston model for option pricing.
method Weak simulation scheme based on Markovian approximations of the rough Heston process.
result The new scheme exhibits second order weak convergence with linear computational cost.

Study finds risk management significantly improves pension scheme efficiency in Kenya.

problem Improving efficiency of pension schemes in Kenya.
method Panel data analysis of 128 pension schemes from 2015-2021.
result Risk management significantly mediates the relationship between corporate governance and pension scheme efficiency.

In the present paper, we introduce a numerical scheme for the price of a barrier option when the price of the underlying follows a diffusion process. The numerical scheme is based on an extension of a static hedging formula of barrier options. For getting the static hedging formula, the underlying process needs to have…

2012-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes convergence of Riemannian SA schemes for stochastic optimization.

problem Stochastic optimization problems on Riemannian manifolds.
method Analyzes convergence of Riemannian stochastic approximation schemes using exponential map or retraction functions.
result Shows Riemannian SA schemes find an O(b+logn/n){\mathcal{O}}(b_\infty + \log n / \sqrt{n})-stationary point within O(n){\mathcal{O}}(n) iterations.

Strictification of isotropic distributions on derived schemes with shifted symplectic forms.

problem Understanding isotropic distributions on derived schemes with specific symplectic structures.
method Proving strictification result for isotropic distributions on derived schemes equipped with negatively shifted homotopically closed 2-forms.
result Derived schemes with 2-2-shifted symplectic structures globally admit Lagrangian distributions.

We introduce (binary) Darboux transformation for general differential equation of the second order in two independent variables. We present a discrete version of the transformation for a 6-point difference scheme. The scheme is appropriate to solving a hyperbolic type initial-boundary value problem. We discuss several …

2006-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

A risk of small defined-benefit pension schemes is that there are too few members to eliminate idiosyncratic mortality risk, that is there are too few members to effectively pool mortality risk. This means that when there are few members in the scheme, there is an increased risk of the liability value deviating signifi…

2011-07-07abs ↗pdf ↗

High-order compact schemes improve option pricing accuracy for stochastic volatility models.

problem Improving option pricing accuracy for stochastic volatility models with non-uniform grids.
method Fourth-order accurate compact schemes applied to option pricing PDEs for stochastic volatility models on non-uniform grids.
result Fourth-order accuracy achieved for non-zero correlation, outperforming standard schemes.

Improved accuracy in quantization methods for financial derivatives.

problem Efficient numerical methods for evaluating functionals of stochastic differential equations.
method Recursive Marginal Quantization of higher-order schemes (Euler, Milstein, simplified weak order 2.0).
result Higher-order schemes provide improved weak order convergence and accurate marginal distributions.