金融资产收益分布的混合高斯分析

本文研究了金融资产收益的混合高斯分布模型 ,给出了混合高斯分布的 Kolmogorov-Smirnov检验的方法 ,分析了金融资产收益的非高斯性及市场价格运动的有效性 .此外 ,用成分数目 K*、拟合误差 DK*n和主成分系数 p*k 描述金融资产收益的性质 ,对外汇银行同业拆借市场和中国股票市场实证分析     

The AURORA Financial Management System: Model and Parallel Implementation Design

The AURORA financial management system under development at the University of Vienna is a modular decision support tool for portfolio and asset–liability management. It is based on a multivariate Markovian birth-and-death factor model for the economic environment, a pricing model for the financial instruments and an objective function which is flexible enough to express risk aversion.The core of the system is a large scale linear or convex program, which due to its size and structure is well suited for parallel optimization methods.As the system is still at an early stage of development, the results are preliminary in nature. Only a few types of financial instruments are handled and just two types of objectives are considered. The parallel optimization modules are still in the development phase.     

Asset Pricing Using Finite State Markov Chain Stochastic Discount Functions

This article fuses two pieces of theory to make a tractable model for asset pricing. The first is the theory of asset pricing using a stochastic discounting function (SDF). This will be reviewed. The second is to model uncertainty in an economy using a Markov chain. Using the semi-martingale dynamics for the chain these models can be calibrated and asset valuations derived. Interest rate models, stock price models, futures pricing, exchange rates can all be introduced endogenously in this framework.     

A note on arbitrage,approximate arbitrage and the fundamental theorem of asset pricing

We provide a critical analysis of the proof of the fundamental theorem of asset pricing given in the paper Arbitrage and approximate arbitrage: the fundamental theorem of asset pricing by B. Wong and C.C. Heyde [Stochastics 82 (2010), pp. 189–200] in the context of incomplete Itô-process models. We show that their approach can only work in the known case of a complete financial market model and give an explicit counter example.     

A Family of Maximum Entropy Densities Matching Call Option Prices

Abstract

We investigate the position of the Buchen–Kelly density (Peter W. Buchen and Michael Kelly. The maximum entropy distribution of an asset inferred from option prices. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 31(1), 143–159, March 1996.) in the family of entropy maximizing densities from Neri and Schneider (Maximum entropy distributions inferred from option portfolios on an asset. Finance and Stochastics, 16(2), 293–318, April 2012.), which all match European call option prices for a given maturity observed in the market. Using the Legendre transform, which links the entropy function and the cumulant generating function, we show that it is both the unique continuous density in this family and the one with the greatest entropy. We present a fast root-finding algorithm that can be used to calculate the Buchen–Kelly density and give upper boundaries for three different discrepancies that can be used as convergence criteria. Given the call prices, arbitrage-free digital prices at the same strikes can only move within upper and lower boundaries given by left and right call spreads. As the number of call prices increases, these bounds become tighter, and we give two examples where the densities converge to the Buchen–Kelly density in the sense of relative entropy. The method presented here can also be used to interpolate between call option prices, and we compare it to a method proposed by Kahalé (An arbitrage-free interpolation of volatilities. Risk, 17(5), 102–106, May 2004). Orozco Rodriguez and Santosa (Estimation of asset distributions from option prices: Analysis and regularization. SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics, 3(1), 374–401, 2012.) have produced examples in which the Buchen–Kelly algorithm becomes numerically unstable, and we use these as test cases to show that the algorithm given here remains stable and leads to good results.     

社会保障的改善对我国居民家庭消费——投资选择的影响研究

与发达国家相比,我国居民家庭的资产配置中存在着消费比例过低、金融资产配置结构不合理等问题.而导致这一问题的重要因素是我国目前的社会保障仍处于较低水平.以跨期消费—投资组合理论为基础,研究社会保障制度的改善对居民家庭资产配置的影响机理及影响效果.结果表明,社会保障制度一方面通过降低居民家庭的风险厌恶水平,可以显著提高其消费比例及风险资产投资比例;另一方面通过提高退休后的收入水平,可以提高居民家庭的整体效用水平.同时,社会保障制度的改善,也有利于提高居民家庭对金融市场的参与热情,有利于活跃我国金融市场.     

Robust reward–risk ratio optimization with application in allocation of generation asset

In this article, we study reward–risk ratio models under partially known message of random variables, which is called robust (worst-case) performance ratio problem. Based on the positive homogenous and concave/convex measures of reward and risk, respectively, the new robust ratio model is reduced equivalently to convex optimization problems with a min–max optimization framework. Under some specially partial distribution situation, the convex optimization problem is converted into simple framework involving the expectation reward measure and conditional value-at-risk measure. Compared with the existing reward–risk portfolio research, the proposed ratio model has two characteristics. First, the addressed problem combines with two different aspects. One is to consider an incomplete information case in real-life uncertainty. The other is to focus on the performance ratio optimization problem, which can realize the best balance between the reward and risk. Second, the complicated optimization model is transferred into a simple convex optimization problem by the optimal dual theorem. This indeed improves the usability of models. The generation asset allocation in power systems is presented to validate the new models.     

THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM, NON-EXPECTED UTILITY AND ASSET PRICING

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基于Heston随机波动率模型和风险偏好视角的资产负债管理

本文研究基于Heston随机波动率模型的资产负债管理问题。假设金融市场由一个无风险资产和一个风险资产构成,投资者的目标是最大化其终端财富的期望效用。应用随机控制方法,得到了该问题最优资产配置策略的解析表达式和相应值函数的解析解,通过数值算例分析了Heston模型主要参数以及债务对最优资产配置策略的影响。结果表明:配置到风险资产的比例对Heston模型中的参数非常敏感;为了对冲债务风险,负债的引入使得配置到风险资产的比例比无负债情形下的高;在风险厌恶系数变大时,无论投资者是否有负债,其投资到风险资产的比例则越来越低。