考虑投资者异质信念和目标优先级的投资组合问题研究

考虑证券市场的模糊不确定性及投资者的模糊决策特征,以资产收益、下方风险及流动性为模糊投资目标,构建考虑投资者异质信念和目标优先级的多目标投资组合模型。进一步,以我国主板、中小板和创业板市场为背景,采用CPT-TOPSIS交互式算法进行实证分析。研究发现:乐观、理性和悲观投资者权衡收益、风险和流动性目标时偏好的优先顺序不同,导致资产配置结构、最优决策和绩效表现存在差别。结果表明模糊多目标模型能够满足不同投资者权衡多目标的差异化投资需求,取得优于基准随机投资组合的投资效果,可作为投资者投资决策的参考依据。     

基于动态参照点的鲁棒投资组合模型及其拓展

鲁棒投资组合模型是一种适用于收益不确定条件下寻求最优决策的方法。首先考虑投资者对底线的重视,根据当收益触及底线时,激进者和保守者在参照点上的不同变化情况,建立动态参照点模型。接着,一方面将动态参照点作为划分获益和损失的界限值,改进现有的Worst-case Omega(WOmega)模型。另一方面结合投资者对下侧风险更为厌恶的特点,以动态参照点作为下侧风险的基准,改进现有的Relative Robust Portfolio Optimization(RRPO)模型。实证研究中,对于WOmega类模型,结果表明激进行为模型在样本内表现较好,而保守行为模型在样本外表现较好。对于RRPO类模型,结果显示激进行为的收益表现良好,保守行为对标准差及最大损失值的控制较好。随着约束的放松,所有模型的收益都能得到可观提升。     

Variance vs downside risk: Is there really that much difference?

The popularity of downside risk among investors is growing and mean return–downside risk portfolio selection models seem to oppress the familiar mean–variance approach. The reason for the success of the former models is that they separate return fluctuations into downside risk and upside potential. This is especially relevant for asymmetrical return distributions, for which mean–variance models punish the upside potential in the same fashion as the downside risk.The paper focuses on the differences and similarities between using variance or a downside risk measure, both from a theoretical and an empirical point of view. We first discuss the theoretical properties of different downside risk measures and the corresponding mean–downside risk models. Against common beliefs, we show that from the large family of downside risk measures, only a few possess better theoretical properties within a return–risk framework than the variance. On the empirical side, we analyze the differences between some US asset allocation portfolios based on variances and downside risk measures. Among other things, we find that the downside risk approach tends to produce – on average – slightly higher bond allocations than the mean–variance approach. Furthermore, we take a closer look at estimation risk, viz. the effect of sampling error in expected returns and risk measures on portfolio composition. On the basis of simulation analyses, we find that there are marked differences in the degree of estimation accuracy, which calls for further research.     

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.     

多重时间标度鞅半方差与加权鞅半方差β系数研究

本文根据投资者持有资产周期的不同,提出了基于小波多分辨率分析的多重时间标度CAPM模型,得到多重时间标度β系数。由于投资者在进行投资时更关注下行风险,本文进一步提出了基于鞅半方差与加权鞅半方差的下行β系数计算方法,并通过实证检验证明了用鞅半方差β系数与加权鞅半方差β系数来衡量系统风险较其他方法更具合理性及优越性。最后,本文将小波多分辨率分析与鞅半方差β系数及加权鞅半方差β系数结合,得到多重时间标度下的鞅半方差β系数及加权鞅半方差β系数计算方法。     

中国股指期现货市场间的非对称风险溢出效应——基于分位数Granger因果检验

为了揭示中国股指期现货市场之间风险溢出效应的非对称特征,本文利用已实现半方差将中国股指期现货市场的风险区分为下跌风险和上涨风险,并运用均值Granger因果检验和分位数Granger因果检验,考察两市场之间下跌风险溢出效应和上涨风险溢出效应的差异。研究发现,中国股指期现货市场之间不仅存在显著的下跌风险溢出,还存在显著的上涨风险溢出,而且溢出效应随着分位数区间不同而呈现出显著的非对称特征。一方面,期货市场对现货市场的下跌风险溢出在全部分位数区间均显著,而上涨风险溢出仅在分布的中间位置和上尾显著。另一方面,现货市场对期货市场的下跌风险溢出主要集中在尾部极端分位数区间,而上涨风险溢出主要集中在分布的中间位置和低分位数区间。     

与TSD准则一致的组合证券投资分析

基于预先给定的目标收益率,利用投资者对低于目标收益率的风险损失和高于目标收益率的风险报酬之间的权衡,给出了一些非对称风险度量模型,特别其中一种风险度量是低于参考点的方差和高于参考点的方差的加权和,它利用二阶上偏矩来修正二阶下偏矩,进一步建立了在该非对称风险度量下的组合投资优化模型,并证明了该模型在三阶随机占优的意义下是有效的.此外,还给出了其它3个模型与三阶随机占优准则是否一致的结论,并对所给出的几个组合证券投资模型的求解方法及其应用进行了分析.以上研究和分析为投资者在选择投资模型时避免盲目性、任意性提供了有益的决策参考.     

A mixed 0–1 LP for index tracking problem with CVaR risk constraints

Index tracking problems are concerned in this paper. A CVaR risk constraint is introduced into general index tracking model to control the downside risk of tracking portfolios that consist of a subset of component stocks in given index. Resulting problem is a mixed 0?C1 and non-differentiable linear programming problem, and can be converted into a mixed 0?C1 linear program so that some existing optimization software such as CPLEX can be used to solve the problem. It is shown that adding the CVaR constraint will have no impact on the optimal tracking portfolio when the index has good (return increasing) performance, but can limit the downside risk of the optimal tracking portfolio when index has bad (return decreasing) performance. Numerical tests on Hang Seng index tracking and FTSE 100 index tracking show that the proposed index tracking model is effective in controlling the downside risk of the optimal tracking portfolio.     

Novel approaches for portfolio construction using second order stochastic dominance

In the last decade, a few models of portfolio construction have been proposed which apply second order stochastic dominance (SSD) as a choice criterion. SSD approach requires the use of a reference distribution which acts as a benchmark. The return distribution of the computed portfolio dominates the benchmark by the SSD criterion. The benchmark distribution naturally plays an important role since different benchmarks lead to very different portfolio solutions. In this paper we describe a novel concept of reshaping the benchmark distribution with a view to obtaining portfolio solutions which have enhanced return distributions. The return distribution of the constructed portfolio is considered enhanced if the left tail is improved, the downside risk is reduced and the standard deviation remains within a specified range. We extend this approach from long only to long-short strategies which are used by many hedge fund and quant fund practitioners. We present computational results which illustrate (1) how this approach leads to superior portfolio performance (2) how significantly better performance is achieved for portfolios that include shorting of assets.     

考虑投资者风险态度的随机模糊投资组合模型及实证

考虑投资者面临证券市场随机和模糊的双重不确定性,把证券收益率视为随机模糊变量。在前景理论下考虑投资者的风险态度,建立不同的随机模糊收益率、期望收益隶属度函数和目标权重,构建考虑投资者风险态度的随机模糊投资组合模型。采用实证方法把市场分为下降和上升两个阶段,研究不同风险态度投资者的投资组合差异及模型表现。结果表明:投资者的风险态度会影响投资组合的结构;考虑投资者风险态度的随机模糊投资组合模型,能够满足不同风险态度投资者对投资收益和风险的差异需求,且在实际投资决策中具有可行性。     

过度自信与风险溢价研究

非理性投资者的心理会影响风险溢价。本文基于投资者的过度自信心理偏差构建了证券投资的理性风险溢价度量模型、非理性风险溢价度量模型,并利用理性投资者和非理性投资者的相互作用,构建了证券投资的市场风险溢价度量模型,研究了非理性风险溢价对理性风险溢价和市场风险溢价的偏离问题。研究结论表明:非理性风险溢价偏离市场风险溢价的程度依赖于非理性投资者的市场价值权重。     

Tracking error decision rules and accumulated wealth

There is compelling evidence that typical decision‐makers, including individual investors and even professional money managers, care about the difference between their portfolio returns and a reference point, or benchmark return. In the context of financial markets, likely benchmarks against which investors compare their own returns include easy‐to‐focus‐on numbers such as one's own past payoffs, historical average payoffs, and the payoffs of competitors. Referring to the gap between one's current portfolio return and the benchmark return as ‘tracking error’, this paper develops a simple model to study the consequences and possible origins of investors who use expected tracking error to guide their portfolio decisions, referred to as ‘tracking error types’. In particular, this paper analyses the level of risk‐taking and accumulated wealth of tracking error types using standard mean‐variance investors as a comparison group. The behaviour of these two types are studied first in isolation, and then in an equilibrium model. Simple analytic results together with statistics summarizing simulated wealth accumulations point to the conclusion that tracking error—whether it is interpreted as reflecting inertia, habituation, or a propensity to make social comparisons in evaluating one's own performance—leads to greater risk‐taking and greater shares of accumulated wealth. This result holds even though the two types are calibrated to be identically risk‐averse when expected tracking error equals zero. In the equilibrium model, increased aggregate levels of risk‐taking reduce the returns on risk. Therefore, the net social effect of tracking‐error‐induced risk‐taking is potentially ambiguous. This paper shows, however, that tracking error promotes a pattern of specialization that helps the economy move towards the path of maximum accumulated wealth.     

Stochastic dominance and risk measure: A decision-theoretic foundation for VaR and C-VaR

Is it possible to obtain an objective and quantifiable measure of risk backed up by choices made by some specific groups of rational investors? To answer this question, in this paper we establish some behavior foundations for various types of VaR models, including VaR and conditional-VaR, as measures of downside risk. In this paper, we will establish some logical connections among VaRs, conditional-VaR, stochastic dominance, and utility maximization. Though supported to some extents with unanimous choices by some specific groups of expected or non-expected-utility investors, VaRs as profiles of risk measures at various levels of risk tolerance are not quantifiable – they can only provide partial and incomplete risk assessments for risky prospects.     

Optimal inventory and insurance decisions for a supply chain financing system with downside risk control

This research considers a supply chain financing system consisting of a capital‐constrained retailer, a supplier and a risk‐averse bank. The retailer may be subject to credit limit because of the bank's downside risk control, and hence, credit insurance should be needed to enhance his financing ability. This paper develops a mathematical optimization model by incorporating insurance policy into the well‐known newsvendor financing model. The optimal inventory and insurance decisions under different scenarios, that is, no insurance, insurance with symmetric information and insurance with asymmetric information, are derived. This work also discusses how the retailer's capital level, the bank's risk aversion, and the insurer's loading factor affect the optimal inventory and insurance decisions. The results show that the retailer will use credit insurance if he is sufficiently capital‐constrained or the insurer's risk loading factor is low enough. Moreover, credit insurance can bring Pareto improvement to the supply chain financing system, which verifies the prevalence of credit insurance in practice. Several numerical experiments are presented to examine the sensitivities of key parameters. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An interactive benchmark model ranking performers — Application to financial holding companies

This study aims to resolve the problems associated with ranking fairly for both efficient and inefficient decision making units (DMUs) by proposing an ‘interactive benchmark’ model. The main concept is derived as a result of taking one certain DMU as a fixed benchmark and estimating the efficiency scores of the remaining DMUs based on that benchmark pair by pair. The process is repeated until all of the DMUs have served as the fixed benchmark. The DMUs can then be evaluated on a fair basis by computing the average efficiency scores using the above rolling procedure. The model is applied to fourteen financial holding companies (FHCs) in Taiwan using a production transfer model that is adopted by Seiford and Zhu [L.M. Seiford, J. Zhu, Profitability and marketability of the top 55 US commercial banks, Management Science 45 (9) (1999) 1270–1288]. The empirical results can serve as valuable reference to both policy-makers and investors.     

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。     

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.     

Portfolio optimization based on downside risk: a mean-semivariance efficient frontier from Dow Jones blue chips

To create efficient funds appealing to a sector of bank clients, the objective of minimizing downside risk is relevant to managers of funds offered by the banks. In this paper, a case focusing on this objective is developed. More precisely, the scope and purpose of the paper is to apply the mean-semivariance efficient frontier model, which is a recent approach to portfolio selection of stocks when the investor is especially interested in the constrained minimization of downside risk measured by the portfolio semivariance. Concerning the opportunity set and observation period, the mean-semivariance efficient frontier model is applied to an actual case of portfolio choice from Dow Jones stocks with daily prices observed over the period 2005–2009. From these daily prices, time series of returns (capital gains weekly computed) are obtained as a piece of basic information. Diversification constraints are established so that each portfolio weight cannot exceed 5 per cent. The results show significant differences between the portfolios obtained by mean-semivariance efficient frontier model and those portfolios of equal expected returns obtained by classical Markowitz mean-variance efficient frontier model. Precise comparisons between them are made, leading to the conclusion that the results are consistent with the objective of reflecting downside risk.     

不同路径下能源价格对碳价格的传导关系研究

针对已有文献大多探讨能源价格与碳价格间的影响程度,本文从建模的角度寻找碳价格与能源价格间的联动关系。首先,使用随机微分方程刻画碳与能源的价格走势,得到碳——能源联动模型解析解。其次,在解析解的基础上,分别讨论能源价格如何通过影响碳市场价格均值、波动率路径从而影响整个碳价格。第三,分析重大能源政策产生的跳跃对碳价格的影响。结果显示,随着能源与碳市场关联程度的增加,相较于能源价格通过均值路径影响碳价格,其通过波动率路径影响碳价格的效果更为明显;且跳跃路径下的碳价格震荡小于波动率路径下能源价格传导引起的碳价格震荡。本文的结果对理清碳——能源价格联动关系具有积极意义,为投资者规避碳市场风险提供必要理论指导。     

Valuing variable annuity guarantees with the multivariate Esscher transform

Variable annuities are usually sold with a range of guarantees that protect annuity holders from some downside market risk. Although it is common to see variable annuity guarantees written on multiple funds, existing pricing methods are, by and large, based on stochastic processes for one single asset only. In this article, we fill this gap by developing a multivariate valuation framework. First, we consider a multivariate regime-switching model for modeling returns on various assets at the same time. We then identify a risk-neutral probability measure for use with the model under consideration. This is accomplished by a multivariate extension of the regime-switching conditional Esscher transform. We further extend our results to the situation when the guarantee being valued is linked to equity indexes measured in foreign currencies. In particular, we derive a probability measure that is risk-neutral from the perspective of domestic investors. Finally, we illustrate our results with a hypothetical variable annuity guarantee.