On Progressive Filtration Expansions with a Process; Applications to Insider Trading

Abstract: In this paper we study progressive filtration expansions with c`adl`ag processes. Using results from the theory of the weak convergence of $\sigma$-fields, we first establish a semimartingale convergence theorem. Then we apply it in a filtration expansion with a process setting and provide sufficient conditions for a semimartingale of the base filtration to remain a semimartingale in the expanded filtration. Applications to the expansion of a Brownian filtration are given. The paper concludes with applications to models of insider trading in financial mathematics.