Genetic algorithms for portfolio selection problems with minimum transaction lots

Conventionally, portfolio selection problems are solved with quadratic or linear programming models. However, the solutions obtained by these methods are in real numbers and difficult to implement because each asset usually has its minimum transaction lot. Methods considering minimum transaction lots were developed based on some linear portfolio optimization models. However, no study has ever investigated the minimum transaction lot problem in portfolio optimization based on Markowitz’ model, which is probably the most well-known and widely used. Based on Markowitz’ model, this study presents three possible models for portfolio selection problems with minimum transaction lots, and devises corresponding genetic algorithms to obtain the solutions. The results of the empirical study show that the portfolios obtained using the proposed algorithms are very close to the efficient frontier, indicating that the proposed method can obtain near optimal and also practically feasible solutions to the portfolio selection problem in an acceptable short time. One model that is based on a fuzzy multi-objective decision-making approach is highly recommended because of its adaptability and simplicity.     

基于直觉模糊规划的多目标投资组合选择模型

将直觉模糊集合的概念引入投资组合模型中,并将多目标投资组合模型中的收益、方差和偏度三个目标模糊化,用隶属函数与非隶属函数作为新的目标函数.针对该模糊多目标投资组合模型,提出了一个动态遗传算法,算例给出了该模型的一个实例的最优解.     

基于DEA博弈交叉效率和投资者心理的模糊投资组合研究

考虑到投资者并不是完全理性的,本文结合DEA博弈交叉效率方法研究了带有投资者心理因素的多目标模糊投资组合决策问题。首先,为了充分描绘投资者的心理因素和风险感知,本文基于可能性理论推导了带有风险态度的可能性均值和半绝对偏差。其次,将候选的风险资产视为互相竞争的博弈者,采用基于熵权法的DEA博弈交叉效率模型衡量它们的综合表现,从而得到每项资产的博弈交叉效率和奇异指数,并将其分别作为额外的收益和风险决策准则。基于此,提出了更加综合的可能性均值—半绝对偏差—博弈交叉效率—奇异指数模型。最后,通过一个应用实例验证了所提出的模型的合理性和有效性,从而为不同类型的投资者提供具有个性化的投资策略。     

关于无风险资产不存在时资产组合选择的研究

以往关于资产组合选择的研究大多假设市场上存在无风险资产,但无风险资产实际上是不存在的.当不存在无风险资产时,假设投资者的效用定义在消费上,消费一直是投资者财富的一个固定比例,投资者的最优资产组合由两部分组成:短视的资产组合和对冲组合.假设只有股票和债券两种风险资产,当股票和债券的风险具有负的相关性时,投资者现在会消费更多,同时也会在股票上投资更多;两者正相关时,投资者无法降低风险,会减持股票并降低当前消费;两者不相关时,投资者持有的股票权重和存在无风险资产时一样.最后,还推导出了多种资产情况下最优消费和资产组合的解析表达式.     

基于可信性理论的均值-熵-偏度投资组合模型及其算法求解

本文考虑到证券市场的投资者往往面临着随机和模糊两种不确定性的情形,在模糊随机环境下把证券的收益率视作三角模糊变量,在可信性理论基础上建立了带融资约束条件的均值-熵-偏度三目标投资组合决策模型,拓展了基于可信性理论的投资组合决策模型的研究内容,同时通过对约束条件处理方法,外部档案维护方法等关键算子的改良,提出了一种新的约束多目标粒子群算法。本文运用该算法对模型进行求解,把得到的最优解与传统的多目标粒子群算法得到的最优解进行对比,结果表明新算法得到的最优解的质量会显著地优于传统的多目标粒子群算法的最优解,从而验证了算法的有效性和准确性。该算法可以在三维空间中得到一个分布性和逼近性较好的Pareto最优曲面,满足投资者对不同目标的差异需求,为投资者提供合理的投资组合决策方案。     

Robust portfolio optimization with derivative insurance guarantees

Robust portfolio optimization aims to maximize the worst-case portfolio return given that the asset returns are allowed to vary within a prescribed uncertainty set. If the uncertainty set is not too large, the resulting portfolio performs well under normal market conditions. However, its performance may substantially degrade in the presence of market crashes, that is, if the asset returns materialize far outside of the uncertainty set. We propose a novel robust optimization model for designing portfolios that include European-style options. This model trades off weak and strong guarantees on the worst-case portfolio return. The weak guarantee applies as long as the asset returns are realized within the prescribed uncertainty set, while the strong guarantee applies for all possible asset returns. The resulting model constitutes a convex second-order cone program, which is amenable to efficient numerical solution procedures. We evaluate the model using simulated and empirical backtests and analyze the impact of the insurance guarantees on the portfolio performance.     

基于随机久期利率免疫的银行资产负债优化模型

银行资产负债管理是指商业银行在负债数量和结构一定的条件下、对资产进行优化配置,通过平衡资产的流动性、盈利性和安全性,以实现银行收益的最大化。本文通过Vasicek动态期限结构模型推导出随机久期,以包括存量与增量在内的全部资产随机久期等于全部负债随机久期为约束条件、控制利率风险,辅以现行法律法规等其他约束条件,建立全部资产负债组合的随机久期利率风险免疫模型,并通过算例说明本模型构建过程。本文的创新与特色有三:一是通过建立全部资产负债组合的利率免疫条件,对包括存量与增量在内的全部资产组合利率风险进行控制。改变了现有研究在进行资产配置时,仅对增量组合风险控制的弊端。二是通过资产负债的随机久期缺口等于0的利率风险免疫条件建立资产负债优化模型,确保在利率发生变化时,银行股东的所有者权益不受损失。三是以银行各项资产组合收益率最大化为目标函数,通过随机久期的利率免疫条件控制利率风险,建立了全部资产负债组合的随机久期利率风险免疫模型。改变了现有研究的资产负债管理模型忽略随机久期变动的影响。     

Scenario optimization asset and liability modelling for individual investors

We develop a scenario optimization model for asset and liability management of individual investors. The individual has a given level of initial wealth and a target goal to be reached within some time horizon. The individual must determine an asset allocation strategy so that the portfolio growth rate will be sufficient to reach the target. A scenario optimization model is formulated which maximizes the upside potential of the portfolio, with limits on the downside risk. Both upside and downside are measured vis-à-vis the goal. The stochastic behavior of asset returns is captured through bootstrap simulation, and the simulation is embedded in the model to determine the optimal portfolio. Post-optimality analysis using out-of-sample scenarios measures the probability of success of a given portfolio. It also allows us to estimate the required increase in the initial endowment so that the probability of success is improved.     

Optimal asset allocation for a general portfolio of life insurance policies

Asset liability matching remains an important topic in life insurance research. The objective of this paper is to find an optimal asset allocation for a general portfolio of life insurance policies. Using a multi-asset model to investigate the optimal asset allocation of life insurance reserves, this study obtains formulae for the first two moments of the accumulated asset value. These formulae enable the analysis of portfolio problems and a first approximation of optimal investment strategies. This research provides a new perspective for solving both single-period and multiperiod asset allocation problems in application to life insurance policies. The authors obtain an efficient frontier in the case of single-period method; for the multiperiod method, the optimal asset allocation strategies can differ considerably for different portfolio structures.     

基于动态非线性损失厌恶的投资组合优化与实证研究

从行为金融学的角度考虑投资者损失厌恶的心理特征,构建了基于线性损失厌恶和非线性损失厌恶行为投资组合模型。利用中国市场数据模拟一种静态情景和四种动态情景,实证研究不同损失厌恶投资组合模型在不同情景下不同损失厌恶程度的最优资产配置策略和投资绩效表现,并将结果与均值方差模型等传统的投资组合模型进行比较。研究发现损失厌恶投资组合模型优于传统投资组合模型,不同情景下不同程度损失厌恶投资者具有不同的资产配置策略,其投资绩效表现也不尽相同。     

均值-VaR模型的一种新解法：鞍点近似、遗传算法

以均值度量收益,方差度量风险的均值.方差模型,广泛应用于资产组合优化.随着对金融风险度量方法研究的不断深入,VaR作为一种简便、易于理解的风险度量方法,在金融企业中得到日益广泛的应用.本文用VaR代替均值-方差模型中的方差,构建了均值-VaR模型应用干投资组合优化.均值-VaR模型是非线性规划,仅当VaR满足凸性和可微性的前提下,满足库恩-塔克条件的解才是全局最优解.本文在CreditRisk+框架下,提出一个在不允许卖空条件下,不需对VaR的性质做出前提假定的新解法:将鞍点近似法用于计算VaR,在资产头寸与VaR之间建立起函数关系,采用遗传算法寻找模型的近似最优解.并用一个债券组合说明该方法的有效性。     

Portfolio selection in discrete time with transaction costs and power utility function: a perturbation analysis

In this article, we study a multi-period portfolio selection model in which a generic class of probability distributions is assumed for the returns of the risky asset. An investor with a power utility function rebalances a portfolio comprising a risk-free and risky asset at the beginning of each time period in order to maximize expected utility of terminal wealth. Trading the risky asset incurs a cost that is proportional to the value of the transaction. At each time period, the optimal investment strategy involves buying or selling the risky asset to reach the boundaries of a certain no-transaction region. In the limit of small transaction costs, dynamic programming and perturbation analysis are applied to obtain explicit approximations to the optimal boundaries and optimal value function of the portfolio at each stage of a multi-period investment process of any length.     

A mixed R&D projects and securities portfolio selection model

The business environment is full of uncertainty. Allocating the wealth among various asset classes may lower the risk of overall portfolio and increase the potential for more benefit over the long term. In this paper, we propose a mixed single-stage R&D projects and multi-stage securities portfolio selection model. Specifically, we present a bi-objective mixed-integer stochastic programming model. Moreover, we use semi-absolute deviation risk functions to measure the risk of mixed asset portfolio. Based on the idea of moments approximation method via linear programming, we propose a scenario generation approach for the mixed single-stage R&D projects and multi-stage securities portfolio selection problem. The bi-objective mixed-integer stochastic programming problem can be solved by transforming it into a single objective mixed-integer stochastic programming problem. A numerical example is given to illustrate the behavior of the proposed mixed single stage R&D projects and multi-stage securities portfolio selection model.     

An a posteriori decision support methodology for solving the multi-criteria supplier selection problem

This research presents a novel, state-of-the-art methodology for solving a multi-criteria supplier selection problem considering risk and sustainability. It combines multi-objective optimization with the analytic network process to take into account sustainability requirements of a supplier portfolio configuration. To integrate ‘risk’ into the supplier selection problem, we develop a multi-objective optimization model based on the investment portfolio theory introduced by Markowitz. The proposed model is a non-standard portfolio selection problem with four objectives: (1) minimizing the purchasing costs, (2) selecting the supplier portfolio with the highest logistics service, (3) minimizing the supply risk, and (4) ordering as much as possible from those suppliers with outstanding sustainability performance. The optimization model, which has three linear and one quadratic objective function, is solved by an algorithm that analytically computes a set of efficient solutions and provides graphical decision support through a visualization of the complete and exactly-computed Pareto front (a posteriori approach). The possibility of computing all Pareto-optimal supplier portfolios is beneficial for decision makers as they can compare all optimal solutions at once, identify the trade-offs between the criteria, and study how the different objectives of supplier portfolio configuration may be balanced to finally choose the composition that satisfies the purchasing company's strategy best. The approach has been applied to a real-world supplier portfolio configuration case to demonstrate its applicability and to analyze how the consideration of sustainability requirements may affect the traditional supplier selection and purchasing goals in a real-life setting.     

Black-Litterman模型在大类资产配置中的应用:基于货币周期及风险平价策略的改进

Black-Litterman模型能够有效的解决均值-方差模型对输入(尤其是预期收益率)过于敏感的问题,从而使得其在实践中得到了广泛的应用。采用风险平价策略构造市场均衡组合,并采用基于货币周期的资产轮动收益构造主观观点组合,在将主观观点信心水平进行适当简化后,形成了改进后的Black-Litterman模型。利用我国资本市场上股票、商品和债券三种大类资产数据对改进后的Black-Litterman模型进行实证检验后发现:通过相对信心水平的调节,改进后的Black-Litterman模型能够对市场均衡组合和主观观点组合进行有效的平衡,且相对于其他资产配置组合及单种资产买入持有策略,Black-Litterman组合无论是在风险控制还是收益率上都表现的更为出色。实证结论充分说明了Black-Litterman模型的有效性,同时也从市场均衡组合、主观观点及信心水平三个方向指明了模型改进的方向。     

沪深股市的相关结构分析与投资组合风险度量——基于ARFIMA-GARCH-Copula模型

金融资产收益率不仅具有尖峰厚尾性、异方差性,还具有长记忆性。基于此,本文建立ARFIMA-GARCH-Copula模型来研究沪深股市的相关结构和等权重投资组合风险值VaR,利用上证指数和深成指数收益率的组合来进行实证研究。首先采用经典R/S分析法检验各个资产收益率的长记忆性,经过分数阶差分后选用GARCH模型建模得到边缘分布。然后选择Copula函数来刻画两资产之间的相关结构,建立联合分布模型。进而采用Monte Carlo方法模拟产生各资产的收益率序列,计算出投资组合的风险值VaR。实证研究表明:沪深股市具有长记忆性,且两者具有对称的尾部相关性;Kupiec检验说明ARFIMA-GARCH-Copula模型较之于GARCH-Copula模型能更准确地度量投资组合风险。     

基于主成分分析与Fourier变换的动态投资组合

提出了一种将主成分分析与Fourier变换组合的资产投资组合方法.对于N个资产,首先利用主成分分析中第一主成分确定各资产的组合权重并建立投资组合,利用Fourier变换获得该组合残差的复合周期趋势,最后利用ARMA模型对趋势残差进行区间预测.为使资产保值,当组合股价达到最低点时,各资产以第一主成分对应权重进行组合建仓;当组合股价反向上升达到最高点时,则以第N主成分对应权重进行组合并调仓.在实证模拟方面,选取2016年1月4日-2018年6月8日全球股票主要指数的收盘价数据进行实证分析.模拟结果表明:基于主成分分析的投资组合在收益及资产保值方面表现更佳.     

Nested Conditional Value-at-Risk portfolio selection: A model with temporal dependence driven by market-index volatility

In a multistage stochastic programming framework, we develop a new method for finding an approximated portfolio allocation solution to the nested Conditional Value-at-Risk model when asset log returns are stagewise dependent. We describe asset log returns through a single-factor model where the driving factor is the market-index log return modeled by a Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity process to take into account the serial dependence usually observed. To solve the nested Conditional Value-at-Risk model, we implement a backward induction scheme coupled with cubic spline interpolation that reduces the computational complexity of the optimal portfolio allocation and allows to treat problems otherwise unmanageable.     

Nonmyopic optimal portfolios in viable markets

We provide a representation for the nonmyopic optimal portfolio of an agent consuming only at the terminal horizon when the single state variable follows a general diffusion process and the market consists of one risky asset and a risk-free asset. The key term of our representation is a new object that we call the “rate of macroeconomic fluctuation” whose properties are fundamental for the portfolio dynamics. We show that, under natural cyclicality conditions, (i) the agent’s hedging demand is positive (negative) when the product of his prudence and risk tolerance is below (above) two and (ii) the portfolio weights decrease in risk aversion. We apply our results to study a general continuous-time capital asset pricing model and show that under the same cyclicality conditions, the market price of risk is countercyclical and the price of the risky asset exhibits excess volatility.     

Multi-objective stochastic programming for portfolio selection

Generally, in the portfolio selection problem the Decision Maker (DM) considers simultaneously conflicting objectives such as rate of return, liquidity and risk. Multi-objective programming techniques such as goal programming (GP) and compromise programming (CP) are used to choose the portfolio best satisfying the DM’s aspirations and preferences. In this article, we assume that the parameters associated with the objectives are random and normally distributed. We propose a chance constrained compromise programming model (CCCP) as a deterministic transformation to multi-objective stochastic programming portfolio model. CCCP is based on CP and chance constrained programming (CCP) models. The proposed program is illustrated by means of a portfolio selection problem from the Tunisian stock exchange market.