带有风险价值的最优期货套期保值策略（英文）

本文研究了带有风险价值约束的期货套期保值优化问题.用最优化方法获得了套期保值策略的存在性、求解模型的增广拉格朗日算法及其收敛性.文中的结果推广了期货收益率服从正态分布的单变量套期保值策略的研究,表现为用服从椭圆分布的随机变量刻画市场风险因子的厚尾特征、用风险价值控制套期保值的风险、构建了均值-VaR组合套期保值理论模型并给出了求解算法.     

期货套期保值C VaR风险的敏感度分析

把条件风险价值应用于期货组合套期保值的风险管理,分析条件风险价值对期货部位的敏感性.在一般的概率分布下,分空头套期保值和多头套期保值两种情况,导出期货组合套期保值的条件风险价值关于套期比的一阶和二阶变化率,并研究其经济意义.投资者可以根据条件风险价值的敏感度增减期货头寸,把握好用于套期保值的期货量,帮助投资者管理套期保值风险.     

风险规避和最优套期保值比率

在一般的期望效用框架下,研究投资者的风险厌恶态度对于其套期保值策略的影响.首先,给出了投资者采用不同套期保值策略时,效用函数应该满足的条件;其次,讨论了期望效用框架下,Rubinstein整体风险厌恶度量与经典的Arrow Pratt局部风险厌恶度量和更强的Ross的风险度量之间的关系,提出了一组条件,使得在该组条件下,风险厌恶的人际间比较可以用Rubinstein整体风险厌恶度量来刻画;最后,在现货和期货服从正态分布的假设下,使用之前提出的条件,研究投资者风险厌恶程度对于其持有的最优套期保值比率的影响.     

基于最小模糊方差的最优交叉套期保值模型

采用隶属度消除期货和现货收益率的异常波动对套期保值的影响,用非线性风险叠加原理描述多种期货对一种现货的组合风险,在最小方差套期保值模型的基础上,建立了基于最小模糊方差的最优交叉套期保值模型。本模型的创新与特色一是通过多种期货对一种现货的交叉套期保值提高了套期保值的有效性。这解决了仅用一种期货对一种现货进行交叉套期保值而导致风险较大的问题。二是用隶属函数对期货和现货收益率赋权消除离散程度大的收益率对最优套期比的影响。在采用隶属函数赋权的情况下,离散程度大的期货和现货收益率会被自动地赋予较小的权重,有效地减小了异常数据对最优套期比的影响。三是用非线性风险对冲原理叠加多种期货对一种现货的组合风险。通过期货与现货收益率的模糊协方差矩阵计算组合风险,反映了风险的非线性叠加和非线性对冲。四是现有研究的多种期货对一种现货的最小方差交叉套期保值模型仅仅是本模型在模糊隶属函数取1时的一个特例。当本模型的隶属函数为1时,本模型就是多种期货对一种现货的最小方差交叉套期保值模型;当本模型的隶属函数为1时、且研究对象为一种期货对一种现货套期保值时,本模型就是一种期货对一种现货的最小方差交叉套期保值模型。通过实证研究和与现有研究的对比分析,证明本研究所建立的模型可以有效的减小套期保值的风险并提高套期保值的有效性。     

基于整体风险最小的多阶段期货套期保值研究

对多阶段套期保值建立模型,综合考虑整体风险,以最终现货与期货的收益的方差建立目标函数.以多阶段整体风险最小为目标函数,考虑资金限制,建立套期保值模型来解决多阶段套期保值的套期保值比率问题.以资金限制为约束,避免了套期保值者因资金短缺而强制平仓造成的套保失败.利用差分算法和罚函数法进行求解.实证结果表明,多阶段的风险比逐个单阶段求得的风险明显的小,且整体套保的单位风险收益比单阶段的大很多,说明多阶段比单阶段能较好的实现套期保值.     

基于便利收益的商品期货套期保值策略研究

依据便利收益是商品现货与期货长期均衡关系的主要影响因素,研究商品便利收益对商品期货套期保值策略的影响。通过求解最大化期望效用的套期保值决策模型,得到了最优套期保值比率的封闭解,并且提出了以便利收益为修正因子的ECT-GARCH模型,同时选取2005年01月到2013年10月期间沪铝现货和期货数据进行实证分析。研究发现:便利收益的波动性与套期保值比率呈负相关,在套期保值比率估计精度和套期保值绩效方面,ECT-GARCH模型均优于B-GARCH模型和ECM-GARCH模型。     

基于动态条件相关系数模型的石油市场套期保值比估计

以WTI和Brent两地的原油现货市场和期货市场为研究对象,选择对角化的动态条件相关(DCC)模型估计了市场间的动态条件相关系数,求解了WTI市场、Brent市场及跨市的动态套期保值比,评价了各种市场组合的套期保值效果.得到如下几点结论:第一,WTI市场的一体化程度高于Brent市场;第二,两个月期货的套期保值比高于1个月期货的套期保值比,WTI相应市场组合的套期保值比要高于Brent市场;第三,采取Brent期货对WTI现货进行对冲时,其套期保值比要高于用WTI期货对Brent现货对冲时的情形,也高于Brent市场的套期保值比;第四,套期保值比越高,套期保值效果越好.     

基于风险约束的套期保值模型及沪深300股指实证研究

提出利用风险价值VaR建立套期保值资产组合的风险约束.以套期保值资产组合收益最大为目标,以控制套期保值资产组合风险为约束,建立了基于风险约束的套期保值模型.该模型在有效控制风险的基础上,可以大幅提高套期保值资产组合的收益.对沪深300股指现货和期货的数据进行了实证分析,对比了现有研究的最小二乘((OLS)、向量自回归(VAR)、向量误差修正(VEC)三种模型以及本文建立的基于风险约束的期货套期保值模型.样本内检验结果表明,本模型比现有研究模型的收益有大幅提高,平均增加81.6%.同时并没有失去对风险的控制,与现有研究模型只有5.32%的差别.对于样本外检验,模型在控制风险和提高收益两个方面都要优于现有研究模型.模型比现有研究模型平均可提高收益21.4%,平均降低风险3.61%.     

考虑结算风险的套期保值研究

期货市场的风险转移功能主要通过套期保值策略来实现,期货市场套期保值的关键问题是套期保值比率的确定。现有套期保值研究侧重于规避价格风险,忽略了期货市场另一个重要的风险因素-结算风险。本文通过建立考虑结算风险的期货套期保值决策模型,有效地平衡了套期保值过程中的价格风险与结算风险。具体特色一是将套保者的结算风险厌恶态度直接反映到套期比的计算中,体现了结算风险对套期保值决策的影响;二是在一定条件下,本模型的套期比趋近于最小方差套期比;三是利用ARMA时间序列方法预测期货与现货的价格走势,有效地反映了期货价格一阶平稳和季节性变化规律,使估计的套期比更加精确可靠。     

风险最小化套期保值比例估计:基于RV-Copula模型

随着中国第一只股指期货—沪深300股指期货合约的推出,基于沪深300的期货现货套期保值交易受到广泛关注。风险最小化套期保值比例估计成为影响套期保值交易有效性的关键问题。本文提出了基于已实现波动率和Copula(RV-Copula)相结合的风险最小套期保值比例估计方法,并基于沪深300指数期货和现货数据进行了实证分析。实证结果表明,相对于线性相关系数,本文提出的RV-Copula模型能够更准确地度量沪深300指数期货和现货价格的相关性,从而给出更合理的风险最小套期保值比例估计,提高套期保值交易有效性。本研究是对风险最小套期保值比例估计研究的有益补充,特别是对高频数据背景下的套期保值实践具有重要指导意义。     

Optimal crop planting schedules and financial hedging strategies under ENSO-based climate forecasts

This paper investigates the impact of ENSO-based climate forecasts on optimal planting schedules and financial yield-hedging strategies in a framework focused on downside risk. In our context, insurance and futures contracts are available to hedge against yield and price risks, respectively. Furthermore, we adopt the Conditional-Value-at-Risk (CVaR) measure to assess downside risk, and Gaussian copula to simulate scenarios of correlated non-normal random yields and prices. The resulting optimization problem is a mixed 0?C1 integer programming formulation that is solved efficiently through a two-step procedure, first through an equivalent linear form by disjunctive constraints, followed by decomposition into sub-problems identified by hedging strategies. With data for a representative cotton producer in the Southeastern United States, we conduct a study that considers a wide variety of optimal planting schedules and hedging strategies under alternative risk profiles for each of the three ENSO phases (Niña, Niño, and Neutral.) We find that the Neutral phase generates the highest expected profit with the lowest downside risk. In contrast, the Niña phase is associated with the lowest expected profit and the highest downside risk. Additionally, yield-hedging insurance strategies are found to vary significantly, depending critically on the ENSO phase and on the price bias of futures contracts.     

A multi-stage financial hedging approach for the procurement of manufacturing materials

This paper addresses the problem of mitigating procurement risk that arises from volatile commodity prices by proposing a hedging strategy within a multi-stage time frame. The proposed multi-stage hedging strategy requires a commodity futures position to be correctly initialised and rebalanced with adequate volumes of short/long positions, so as to reduce the volatility in the total procurement cost that would otherwise be generated by varying commodity spot prices. The novelty in the approach is the introduction of the rebalancing of commodity futures position at defined intermediate stages. To obtain an efficient or near optimal multi-stage hedging strategy, a discrete-time stochastic control model (DSCM) is developed. Numerical experiments and Monte Carlo simulation are used to show that the proposed multi-stage hedging strategy compares favourably with the minimal-variance hedge and the one-stage hedge. A close-form optimal solution is also presented for the case when procurement volume and price are independent.     

股指期货考虑套期保值成本时的套期保值比率研究

所谓股指期货,就是以某种股票指数为标的物的金融期货合约.它同时具有股票与期货的特性,是组合投资者规避系统风险的重要金融衍生工具.针对股指期货,在考虑套期保值成本的前提下,利用套利和CAPM模型给出最优套期保值比率的计算公式.这将在一定的程度上,提高了计算的准确性,并且减少计算的工作量.     

Pricing and clearing combinatorial markets with singleton and swap orders

In this article we consider combinatorial markets with valuations only for singletons and pairs of buy/sell-orders for swapping two items in equal quantity. We provide an algorithm that permits polynomial time market-clearing and -pricing. The results are presented in the context of our main application: the futures opening auction problem. Futures contracts are an important tool to mitigate market risk and counterparty credit risk. In futures markets these contracts can be traded with varying expiration dates and underlyings. A common hedging strategy is to roll positions forward into the next expiration date, however this strategy comes with significant operational risk. To address this risk, exchanges started to offer so-called futures contract combinations, which allow the traders for swapping two futures contracts with different expiration dates or for swapping two futures contracts with different underlyings. In theory, the price is in both cases the difference of the two involved futures contracts. However, in particular in the opening auctions price inefficiencies often occur due to suboptimal clearing, leading to potential arbitrage opportunities. We present a minimum cost flow formulation of the futures opening auction problem that guarantees consistent prices. The core ideas are to model orders as arcs in a network, to enforce the equilibrium conditions with the help of two hierarchical objectives, and to combine these objectives into a single weighted objective while preserving the price information of dual optimal solutions. The resulting optimization problem can be solved in polynomial time and computational tests establish an empirical performance suitable for production environments.     

Quantitative modeling of risk management strategies: Stochastic reserving and hedging of variable annuity guaranteed benefits

Variable annuities are enhanced life insurance products that offer policyholders participation in equity investment with minimum return guarantees. There are two well-established risk management strategies in practice for variable annuity guaranteed benefits, namely, (1) stochastic reserving based on risk measures such as value-at-risk (VaR) and conditional-tail-expectation (CTE); (2) dynamic hedging using exchange-traded derivatives. The latter is increasingly more popular than the former, due to a common perception of its low cost. While both have been extensively used in the insurance industry, scarce academic literature has been written on the comparison of the two approaches. This paper presents a quantitative framework in which two risk management strategies are mathematically formulated and where the basis for decision making can be determined analytically. Besides, the paper proposes dynamic hedging of net liabilities as a more effective and cost-saving alternative to the common practice of dynamic hedging of gross liabilities. The finding of this paper does not support the general perception that dynamic hedging is always more affordable than stochastic reserving, although in many cases it is with the CTE risk measure.     

基于债券久期的国债期货套期保值模型分析

使用久期的方法在中国国债期货市场上进行套期保值是否有效?使用久期的方法研究国债期货套期保值的效率问题在国外已经很多,然而这种方法是否适合于目前中国的国债市场,相关研究还不多见,还有待进一步的证实.为此借鉴国外相关理论,采用比较研究的方法,以国债期货上市后2013年9月到2014年5月初,国债现货和国债期货的数据为样本,以基于久期的最优套期保值比率模型为主,其他模型为辅,比较出最优套期保值效率.研究结果表明,基于久期的套期保值方法在目前中国的国债市场效果一般.     

Static Hedging with Uncertain Quantity and Departure from the Cost-of-Carry Valuation

In this paper, we are concerned with the optimal hedge ratio under quantity risk as well as discrepancies between the futures market price and its theoretical valuation according to the cost- of-carry model. Assuming a geometric Brownian motion for forecasting process, we model mispricing as a specific noise corn poncnt in the dynamics of filturcs market prices, based on which the optimal hedging strategy is calculated. Finally, we illustrate optimal strategy and its properties by numerical examples.     

Supply chain network equilibrium with strategic financial hedging using futures

In this paper, we develop a network equilibrium model for supply chain networks with strategic financial hedging. We consider multiple competing firms that purchase multiple materials and parts to manufacture their products. The supply chain firms’ procurement activities are exposed to commodity price risk and exchange rate risk. The firms can use futures contracts to hedge the risks. Our research studies the equilibrium of the entire network where each firm optimizes its own operation and hedging decisions. We use variational inequality theory to formulate the equilibrium model, and provide qualitative properties. We provide analytical results for a special case with duopolistic competition, and use simulations to study an oligopolistic case. The analytical and simulation studies reveals interesting managerial insights.