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After the last financial crisis, regulators started to strengthen the measures to reduce the risk on the financial market by requiring margin to be posted. In addition to the Variation Margin that reflects the daily change in market value of the contracts, Initial Margin has to be posted to compensate the fluctuation of the collateral value. The Margin Valuation Adjustment (MVA) represents the funding price of the initial margin that has to be calculated. The numerical calculation of the MVA is a real challenge as it requires to run a Monte Carlo simulation inside another Monte Carlo simulation. However, alternative formula could be used to approximate the result of the MVA. This thesis highlights the essential notion about the MVA and the available tools to calculate its value.