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A market with defaultable bonds modelled by equations with
L\'evy noise will be considered during the talk. The main aim
is to derive conditions under which the market with defaultable
bonds, issued by firms with time dependent and random rating
classes, is free of arbitrage. Obtained theorems provide HJM
conditions for the arbitrage-free property. It is assumed that
the Levy process might be infinite dimensional. Importance of
treating models with infinite number of factors was stressed in
recent papers of Carmona and Tehranchi (A characterization of
hedging portfolios for interest rate contingent claims, Annals
of Applied Probability, 14(3), 1267-1294, 2004) and Ekeland and
Taflin (A theory of bond portfolios, Annals of applied probability
15, no. 2, 1260-1305, 2005). In my talk it will be considered fractional
recovery of market value, fractional recovery of treasury value and
fractional recovery of par value. Several default times will be
discussed as well. The rating classes change according to a
conditional, continuous time Markov chains and the default time is
equal to the moment of entering by the firm the worst rating class.
My talk is based on joint work with Mariusz Nieweglowski and Jerzy Zabczyk.
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