Rapid computation of value and risk for derivatives portfolios

  • Authors:
  • Stephen Weston;James Spooner;Sébastien Racanière;Oskar Mencer

  • Affiliations:
  • Credit Quantitative Research, J.P. Morgan, London EC2Y 5AJU.K. and The University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.;Maxeler Technologies, Imperial College, London W6 9JHU.K.;Maxeler Technologies, Imperial College, London W6 9JHU.K.;Maxeler Technologies, Imperial College, London W6 9JHU.K.

  • Venue:
  • Concurrency and Computation: Practice & Experience
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We report new results from an on-going project to accelerate derivatives computations. Our earlier work was focused on accelerating the valuation of credit derivatives. In this paper, we extend our work in two ways: by applying the same techniques, first, to accelerate the computation of portfolio level risk for credit derivatives and, second, to different asset classes using a different type of mathematical model, which together present challenges that are quite different to those dealt with in our earlier work. Specifically, we report acceleration over 270 times faster than a single Intel Core for a multi-asset Monte Carlo model. We also explore the implications for risk. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.