Heston vs SABR at Long Maturities

Quant Researcher · Derivatives Pricing

Question

Explain why the Heston implied vol smile is more symmetric than SABR at long maturities. What asymptotic expansion governs each model as

T \to \infty

? Under what conditions does SABR produce arbitrage-violating densities, and how is this corrected in practice?

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