This paper presents a model order reduction approach for large scale high dimensional parametric models arising in the analysis of financial risk. To understand the risks associated with a financial product, one has to perform several thousand computationally demanding simulations of the model which require efficient algorithms. We establish a model reduction approach based on a variant of the proper orthogonal decomposition method to generate small model approximations for the high dimensional parametric convection-diffusion-reaction partial differential equations. This approach requires to solve the full model at some selected parameter values to generate a reduced basis. We propose an adaptive greedy sampling technique based on surrogate modeling for the selection of the sample parameter set. The new technique is analyzed, implemented, and tested on industrial data of a floater with cap and floor under the Hull–White model. The results illustrate that the reduced model approach works well for short-rate models.

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A parametric model order reduction (MOR) approach for simulating high-dimensional models arising in financial risk analysis is proposed on the basis of the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) approach to generate small model approximations for high-dimensional parametric convection-diffusion reaction partial differential equations (PDE). The proposed technique uses an adaptive greedy sampling approach based on surrogate modeling to efficiently locate the most relevant training parameters, thus generating the optimal reduced basis. The best suitable reduced model is procured such that the total error is less than a user-defined tolerance. The three major errors considered are the discretization error associated with the full model obtained by discretizing the PDE, the model order reduction error, and the parameter sampling error. The developed technique is analyzed, implemented, and tested on industrial data of a puttable steepener under the two-factor Hull-White model. The results illustrate that the reduced model provides a significant speedup with excellent accuracy over a full model approach, demonstrating its potential for applications to the historical or Monte Carlo Value-at-Risk calculations.

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