连续时间Markov决策过程的均值-方差优化问题

本文考虑连续时间Markov决策过程折扣模型的均值-方差优化问题.假设状态空间和行动空间均为Polish空间,转移率和报酬率函数均无界.本文的优化目标是在折扣最优平稳策略类里,选取相应方差最小的策略.本文致力于寻找Polish空间下Markov决策过程均值-方差最优策略存在的条件.利用首次进入分解方法,本文证明均值-方差优化问题可以转化为"等价"的期望折扣优化问题,进而得到关于均值-方差优化问题的"最优方程"和均值-方差最优策略的存在性以及它相应的特征.最后,本文给出若干例子说明折扣最优策略的不唯一性和均值-方差最优策略的存在性.     

均值-方差准则及其应用

在位置-尺度分布族中研究了均值-方差准则与期望效用理论的一致性,特别指出当均值相等时或源的支撑可达到负无穷时,均值-方差准则与期望效用理论是完全一致的,这表明可以用均值-方差准则研究满足条件的经济问题、管理问题.还介绍了均值-方差准则在金融中的一些应用.     

位置-尺度分布族中均值-方差准则与期望效用理论的一致性

证明了当决策集为位置-尺度分布族时,期望效用理论与均值-方差准则是一致的.从而就可以将马克威茨的均值-方差准则中的正态假设减弱为位置-尺度分布族.这不仅扩大了均值-方差准则的应用范围,而且巩固了组合投资理论与资本资产定价理论的基础.     

协方差矩阵奇异情况下的最优投资组合

本文讨论了在方差-协方差矩阵半正定条件下,Markowitz均值-方差最优投资组合模型的求解问题,利用主成分分析法得到了解析解,从而弥补了原模型的一个缺陷.     

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。     

不允许卖空限制下跳-扩散模型的均值-方差策略选择

均值-方差投资策略问题一般是在连续模型下研究的,本文建立了跳-扩散模型下的均值-方差投资选择问题,利用动态规划原理和凸分析得到了最优投资策略和有效边界的解析表达式。本文得到的最优投资策略和有效边界均是在不允许卖空限制下的,通过数值例子分析了交易限制对投资策略和有效边界的影响.     

均值-方差准则下具有负债的随机微分博弈

研究了均值-方差准则下,具有负债的随机微分博弈.研究目标是:在终值财富的均值等于k的限制下,在市场出现最坏的情况下找到最优的投资策略使终值财富的方差最小.即:基于均值-方差随机微分博弈的投资组合选择问题.使用线性-二次控制的理论解决了该问题,获得了最优的投资策略、最优市场策略和有效边界的显示解.并通过对所得结果进行进一步分析,在经济上给出了进一步的解释.通过本文的研究,可以指导金融公司在面临负债和金融市场情况恶劣时,选择恰当的投资策略使自身获得一定的财富而面临的风险最小.     

基于可信性理论的投资组合优化问题研究

建立了基于可信性理论的投资组合模型,包括风险最小的单目标均值-方差模型和收益最大的单目标均值-方差模型,运用拉格朗日乘数法对两个模型进行了求解,给出了2个模型解析解的表达式,并通过数值算例验证了模型的可行性.对两个模型的结果进行对比,发现风险最小化和收益最大化的单目标均值—方差模型得到的结果基本吻合.     

加权均值方差准则下的最优资本分配

本文考虑相依风险情形下的最优资本分配问题.采用随机加权损失函数,在期望-方差准则下,研究最优资本分配解的存在性,分析加权随机变量选取.进一步,文章提出了以破产概率作为模型评价标准,采用随机模拟的方法分别求解不同模型最优资本分配和相应的破产概率,对模型做出评价.最后,在假设相依风险分别为多元正态分布和多元t分布的情形下,用数值模拟的方法对本文提出的加权期望-方差模型与Dhaene提出的加权均值模型和XU和MAO提出的尾部均值方差模型进行比较,结果显示在破产概率准则下,本文提出的加权期望-方差模型所给出的资金分配比例显著优于其他模型.     

人寿保险中的投资组合问题

本文考虑与寿险债务匹配的投资组合的一般结构,这种结构中包含了均值-方差有效组合.本文还给出了这种结构中的资产组合的选择和匹配方法以及最优投资组合,并且可以用来确定债务的均值.     

具有交易费用和马氏调制的均值-方差组合选择

研究了均值-方差准则下,最优投资组合选择问题.投资者为了增加财富它可以在金融市场上投资.金融市场由一个无风险资产和n个带跳的风险资产组成,并假设金融市场具有马氏调制,买卖风险资产时,考虑交易费用.目标是,在终值财富的均值等于d的限制下,使终值财富的方差最小,即均值-方差组合选择问题.应用随机控制的理论解决该问题,获得了最优的投资策略和有效边界.     

证券收益率的极大线性无关组及两基金分离定理

在无套利假设下,利用概率论结合线性代数的方法进一步研究了当n种风险资产的协方差矩阵∑是奇异时的证券投资组合问题,在均值-方差模型的框架下得到模型的一些本质特征,并证明了此时的两基金分离定理仍然成立的.     

Mean-variance portfolio selection for a non-life insurance company

We consider a collective insurance risk model with a compound Cox claim process, in which the evolution of a claim intensity is described by a stochastic differential equation driven by a Brownian motion. The insurer operates in a financial market consisting of a risk-free asset with a constant force of interest and a risky asset which price is driven by a Lévy noise. We investigate two optimization problems. The first one is the classical mean-variance portfolio selection. In this case the efficient frontier is derived. The second optimization problem, except the mean-variance terminal objective, includes also a running cost penalizing deviations of the insurer’s wealth from a specified profit-solvency target which is a random process. In order to find optimal strategies we apply techniques from the stochastic control theory.     

Life insurance in a portfolio context

The ownership of life insurance may be modeled as a portfolio problem in which the return on the life insurance contract is negatively correlated with the return on a claim to future wage income. The mean-variance model developed in the paper uses such a framework to express the optimal amount of insurance in terms of two components: the expected value of the wage claim and the risk/return characteristics of the insurance contract. The model thus offers an appealing way to formulate the life insurance problem in a portfolio context. Implications of the model for the functioning of a life insurance market are examined and the existence of accidental death contracts is explained.     

The efficient frontier for bounded assets

This paper develops a closed form solution of the mean-variance portfolio selection problem for uncorrelated and bounded assets when an additional technical assumption is satisfied. Although the assumption of uncorrelated assets is unduly restrictive, the explicit determination of the efficient asset holdings in the presence of bound constraints gives insight into the nature of the efficient frontier. The mean-variance portfolio selection problem considered here deals with the budget constraint and lower bounds or the budget constraint and upper bounds. For the mean-variance portfolio selection problem dealing with lower bounds the closed form solution is derived for two cases: a universe of only risky assets and a universe of risky assets plus an additional asset which is risk free. For the mean-variance portfolio selection problem dealing with upper bounds, the results presented are for a universe consisting only of risky assets. In each case, the order in which the assets are driven to their bounds depends on the ordering of their expected returns.     

基于通货膨胀风险和Heston随机波动率下的最优资产配置

本文考虑了基于均值-方差准则下的连续时间投资组合选择问题。为了对冲市场中的利率风险和通货膨胀风险,假定市场上存在可供交易的零息名义债券和零息通货膨胀指数债券。另外,投资者还可以投资一个价格具有Heston随机波动率的风险资产。首先建立了基于均值-方差框架下的最优投资组合问题,然后将原问题进行转换,利用随机动态规划方法和对偶Lagrangian原理,获得了均值-方差准则下的有效投资策略以及有效前沿的解析表达形式,最后对相关参数的敏感性进行了分析。     

Equilibrium and Precommitment Mean-Variance Portfolio Selection Problem with Partially Observed Price Index and Multiple Assets

Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability - In this paper, we aim to investigate the mean-variance portfolio selection in an economy with inflation risk. In the financial market, the...     

Portfolio management with background risk under uncertain mean-variance utility

This paper studies comparative static effects in a portfolio selection problem when the investor has mean-variance preferences. Since the security market is complex, there exists the situation where security returns are given by experts’ estimates when they cannot be reflected by historical data. This paper discusses the problem in such a situation. Based on uncertainty theory, the paper first establishes an uncertain mean-variance utility model, in which security returns and background asset returns are uncertain variables and subject to normal uncertainty distributions. Then, the effects of changes in mean and standard deviation of uncertain background asset on capital allocation are discussed. Furthermore, the influence of initial proportion in background asset on portfolio investment decisions is analyzed when investors have quadratic mean-variance utility function. Finally, the economic analysis illustration of investment strategy is presented.