Fairmat is a free-of-charge multi-platform software that allows to model financial contracts (e.g. a derivative contract) or projects with many contingencies (e.g. a Real Options model) by decomposing it into basic parts. Complex structures and dependencies are modelled using a graphical interface. Virtually any pay-off function and asset class( from interest rate derivatives to equity-linked notes) can be described using a simple algebraic language.
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 Fairmat Academic | |
| Developer(s) | Fairmat SRL |
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| Stable release | 1.6.0 (1.6.0-743)
/ September 13, 2013 |
| Operating system | Windows Linux Mac OS X |
| Type | Financial modeling software |
| License | Free for personal and academic use, commercial for companies. The software uses a proprietary license |
| Website | www.fairmat.com |
Fairmat is available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Ubuntu[1].
Features
edit- Fairmat provides a high level abstraction and allows users to price and perform analysis for new derivative contracts or project by modelling it with a bottom-up procedure, with no knowledge of programming languages. The generated models can then be solved by using Monte Carlo simulation, binomial trees or closed form procedures (e.g. the black model).
- The information about the structure of every project model is contained in an xml file and can be exchanged with third parties.
- Fairmat capabilities can be extended and specialized by plug-ins using the Mono.addins extensibility model. Available plug-ins can be found on [2], and while few of the plug-ins are closed source software, many of them are open source and their development can be followed on the Fairmat github page.
Open Source Plug-ins
editThe following plug-ins are released under the LGPL license:
Interest rate models
edit- The Hull and White one and two factors Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine models.
- The Pelsser squared gaussian model plug-in.
Equity models
edit- The Heston stochastic volatility model plug-in.
- The Dupire local volatility model plug-in.
- The Variance Gamma model plug-in.
Data Provider integration
edit- Integration plug-ins for data from the European Central Bank [3], Yahoo! Finance [4], and MEFF [5]
Other open source plug-ins
edit- Quantum random generator support: the plug-in uses a web service provided by the university of Berlin. For more details see [6].
Free plug-ins
editAmong the other, the following plug-in are free:
- The IAS 39 Hedge Accounting plug-in allows users to generate IAS 39 accounting reports for derivatives [7].
- The Geometric Brownian Motion plug-in implements the calibration of the Geometric Brownian motion model using different techniques [8].
Commercial plug-ins
edit- The Economic Scenarios Generator plug-in generates market consistent risk-neutral and real-world economic scenarios for several asset classes such as zero coupon bonds (ZCB), Inflation Rates, defaultable bonds / credit spreads and baskets of equities and indices [9]
Related services
editFrom version 1.4 Fairmat supports an on-demand data pricing service offered by the same producers.