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Abstract

In this paper we propose a new method for approximating the price of arithmetic Asian options in a Variance-Gamma (VG) economy, which is then applied to the problem of pricing equityindexed annuity contracts. The proposed procedure is an extension to the case of a VG-based model of the moment-matching method developed by Turnbull and Wakeman and Levy for the pricing of this class of path-dependent options in the traditional Black-Scholes setting. The accuracy of the approximation is analyzed against RQMC estimates for the case of ratchet equityindexed annuities with index averaging.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in NORTH AMERICAN ACTUARIAL JOURNAL in 2010, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10920277.2010.10597639."
Publisher Keywords:	Asian options, Equity Indexed Annuities, risk neutral valuation, Randomized Quasi-Monte Carlo, variance reduction techniques.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Departments:	Bayes Business School > Finance
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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