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by balajian
August 17th, 2008, 5:00 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Math Certificate/Qualification/Exam?
Replies: 5
Views: 51505

Math Certificate/Qualification/Exam?

National univ of singapore has a distance learning programme for MSc(FE).http://www.rmi.nus.edu.sg/mscdislearning/intro.html
by balajian
February 15th, 2008, 6:37 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: operaion or IT business analysis
Replies: 3
Views: 159792

operaion or IT business analysis

How do the salaries of business analysts and quantitative analysts compare?
by balajian
January 11th, 2008, 2:28 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: R and C++,C# etc.
Replies: 4
Views: 62154

R and C++,C# etc.

Is it possible to call R methods from languages like c++,C# etc. ?
by balajian
January 11th, 2008, 2:21 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Private Equity Valuation
Replies: 2
Views: 60194

Private Equity Valuation

Real options is an alternative methodologyBut i think it is yet to become a widely accepted practice.The document below might help youhttp://www.privateequityvaluation.com
by balajian
November 29th, 2007, 9:04 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: illiquid Equity Valuation
Replies: 2
Views: 62033

illiquid Equity Valuation

What are the various valuation methods for unlisted/illiquid equity ?
by balajian
October 28th, 2007, 11:37 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: support and implementation experience
Replies: 1
Views: 63352

support and implementation experience

Will experience in support and implementation of risk management systems like Kondor+,murex help some one in becoming a quantitative analyst?
by balajian
October 9th, 2007, 6:51 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Looking for a C# Matrix Library
Replies: 6
Views: 120282

Looking for a C# Matrix Library

Add http://www.alglib.net to the list. It is a small collection of scientific software library
by balajian
July 18th, 2007, 10:29 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Delta of an Option at a future Time using MC
Replies: 1
Views: 68264

Delta of an Option at a future Time using MC

<t>I want to find delta for a basket option at future time points using Monte Carlo. let t(0) be the initial time ,t(1) and t(2) are intermediate time points and t(4) is the expiry time. One way to do this is generate say 1000 paths using GBM.For all the underlying values at the intermediate time t(...
by balajian
March 1st, 2006, 1:51 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Closed Box Solution for Double Barrier Option
Replies: 9
Views: 119787

Closed Box Solution for Double Barrier Option

Actually I tried to get some possible help since Iam a fresher to the field.Thanks for your suggestionBye
by balajian
March 1st, 2006, 5:59 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Closed Box Solution for Double Barrier Option
Replies: 9
Views: 119787

Closed Box Solution for Double Barrier Option

Hi, Before searching the internet I thought I can get help from experienced guys so that I can save time. Thanks for your feedback. Iam in Pune which is near to mumbai.
by balajian
February 28th, 2006, 12:29 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Closed Box Solution for Double Barrier Option
Replies: 9
Views: 119787

Closed Box Solution for Double Barrier Option

<t>Hi, Thanks for the list of the papers.I was looking for the closed form(analytical) solutions only.Among the papers you had mentioned, I have just two of them. One by Alessandro Sbuelz and the other by Antoon Pelsser.It would be helpful for me if I have the other papers. If you have them please m...
by balajian
February 27th, 2006, 5:54 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Closed Box Solution for Double Barrier Option
Replies: 9
Views: 119787

Closed Box Solution for Double Barrier Option

Hi, I like to implement double barrier options using closed box formula. Which is considered the best methodology for this? At present Iam reading " Pricing Double Barrier Options : An Analytical Approach " by Antoon Pelsser.Thanks in advance
by balajian
August 23rd, 2005, 1:11 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Barrier Option pricing
Replies: 1
Views: 138394

Barrier Option pricing

I got clarification for the doubt.The Down and in barrier option is relevant only when barrier < underlying price. Otherwise it becomes a vanilla option.So the question itself was wrong.
by balajian
August 22nd, 2005, 8:34 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Barrier Option pricing
Replies: 1
Views: 138394

Barrier Option pricing

<t>Hi,I came across the following problem when implementing the pricing of Barrier options. Iam using the methodology given in "Breaking down the barriers" by Mark Rubinstein and Eric Berner.Following are the input valuesUnderlying price,S = 46Strike price,K = 45Barrier price,H = 50local risk free r...
by balajian
July 22nd, 2005, 6:39 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Technical skills for a financial engineer
Replies: 6
Views: 142276

Technical skills for a financial engineer

<t> Thanks axs. Let me make my question more specific. Will quants develop the algorithms and specifications in paper and give them to the programmmers to code or do they develop the math libraries themselves? Obviously they cant involve themselves in things like GUI programming and deviate from the...
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