STUDY ON THE INTERRELATION OF EFFICIENT PORTFOLIOS AND THEIR FRONTIER UNDER t DISTRIBUTION AND VARIOUS RISK MEASURES

In order to study the effect of different risk measures on the efficient portfolios (frontier) while properly describing the characteristic of return distributions in the stock market, it is assumed in this paper that the joint return distribution of risky assets obeys the multivari-ate t-distribution. Under the mean-risk analysis framework, the interrelationship of efficient portfolios (frontier) based on risk measures such as variance, value at risk (VaR), and expected shortfall (ES) is analyzed and compared. It is proved that, when there is no riskless asset in the market, the efficient frontier under VaR or ES is a subset of the mean-variance (MV) efficient frontier, and the efficient portfolios under VaR or ES are also MV efficient; when there exists a riskless asset in the market, a portfolio is MV efficient if and only if it is a VaR or ES efficient portfolio. The obtained results generalize relevant conclusions about investment theory, and can better guide investors to make their investment decision.     

t-分布与不同风险度量下有效投资组合及其边缘的相互关系研究

In order to study the effect of different risk measures on the efficient portfolios (frontier) while properly describing the characteristic of return distributions in the stock market, it is assumed in this paper that the joint return distribution of risky assets obeys the multivariate t-distribution. Under the mean-risk analysis framework, the interrelationship of efficient portfolios (frontier) based on risk measures such as variance, value at risk (VaR), and expected shortfall (ES) is analyzed and compared. It is proved that, when there is no riskless asset in the market, the efficient frontier under VaR or ES is a subset of the mean-variance (MV) efficient frontier, and the efficient portfolios under VaR or ES are also MV efficient; when there exists a riskless asset in the market, a portfolio is MV efficient if and only if it is a VaR or ES efficient portfolio. The obtained results generalize relevant conclusions about investment theory, and can better guide investors to make their investment decision.     

共同基金和无风险资产投资的最优策略

利用均值-方差模型,分析了非线性交易成本下的共同基金与无风险资产投资组合的有效边界和在一般的效用函数下讨论了投资者的最优投资策略.     

Stochastic optimization for allocation problems with shortfall risk constraints

One of the crucial aspects in asset allocation problems is the assumption concerning the probability distribution of asset returns. Financial managers generally suppose normal distribution, even if extreme realizations usually have an higher frequency than in the Gaussian case. The aim of this paper is to propose a general Monte Carlo simulation approach able to solve an asset allocation problem with shortfall constraint, and to evaluate the exact portfolio risk‐level when managers assume a misspecified return behaviour. We assume that returns are generated by a multivariate skewed Student‐t distribution where each marginal can have different degrees of freedom. The stochastic optimization allows us to value the effective risk for managers. In the empirical application we consider a symmetric and heterogeneous case, and interestingly note that a multivariate Student‐t with heterogeneous marginal distributions produces in the optimization problem a shortfall probability and a shortfall return level that can be adequately approximated by assuming a multivariate Student‐t with common degrees of freedom. Thus, the proposed simulation‐based approach could be an important instrument for investors who require a qualitative assessment of the reliability and sensitivity of their investment strategies in the case their models could be potentially misspecified. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the number of securities which constitute an efficient portfolio

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between the number of securities which constitute an efficient portfolio as defined by the standard mean-variance portfolio selection model and the number of periods used to compute the efficient portfolio. It is shown that the number of data gives the upper bound of the number of securities which constitute an efficient portfolio, when each efficient portfolio is unique for a given expected return. Empirical tests based on actual return data show that this upper bound is very tight when the number of data is small. However, when more data are used, the upper bound becomes looser. This result is incompatible with the market efficiency. These empirical tests also indicate that a very tight upper bound often causes a degenerate case ensuring zero-variance portfolios.     

金融风暴中基于非参估计VaR和ES方法的风险度量

文中利用VaR和ES几个最新的非参数估计方法,对几个常见指数(上证指数、深成指数、恒生指数和道琼斯指数)及个别关系经济民生的板块(钢铁板块、房地产板块和金融板块)做实证分析,来研究金融危机对整个市场及一些重要板块的影响。实证发现:存在着金融危机爆发前风险被低估及金融危机爆发后风险得到释放的现象;用基于非参数估计的VaR和ES来度量单个指数的风险,虽然风险值存在一些差别,但判断指数风险在金融危机前后的变化,二者得出的结论是一致的。     

基于Copula-EVT模型的我国股票市场流动性调整的VaR和ES研究

结合相依结构函数Copula和极值理论EVT,构建了我国股票市场经流动性调整的La-Copula-EVT风险价值模型,并用沪深收益序列的分笔高频数据进行了实证分析,发现我国沪深股市收益序列的上尾和下尾都存在较高相关性,后验测试结果表明构建的模型能够对实际损失进行很好的拟合;然后在该模型的基础上进一步分析了我国沪深股市的风险价值和预期不足在不同置信区间的敏感度差异,确定了适合La-Copula-EVT模型的最优置信度区间。     

A new class of coherent risk measures based on p‐norms and their applications

To exercise better control on the lower tail of the loss distribution and to easily describe the investor's risk attitude, a new class of coherent risk measures is proposed in this paper by taking the minimization of p‐norms of lower losses with respect to some reference point. We demonstrate that the new risk measure has satisfactory mathematical properties such as convexity, continuity with respect to parameters included in its definition, the relations between two new risk measures are also examined. The application of the new risk measures for optimal portfolio selection is illustrated by using trade data from the Chinese stock markets. Empirical results not only support our theoretical conclusions, but also show the practicability of the portfolio selection model with our new risk measures. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

不允许卖空的组合证券投资决策方法研究

根据组合证券投资决策模型，研究了不允许卖空的组合证券投资的有效边界及其性质，给出了不允许卖空情况下组合证券投资决策方法。     

基于条件VaR(CVaR)的投资组合优化模型及比较研究

在总结投资组合优化模型的基础上 ,详细分析了 Va R和 CVa R的概念及重要性质 ,分析了将 Va R和 CVa R应用于决策问题的处理技巧 .针对传统均值—方差模型 ,提出不考虑各种限定条件的基于条件Va R( CVa R)的投资组合优化模型以及考虑限定条件的一般模型 .针对模型的适用性 ,详细比较了 CVa R模型和均值—方差模型的应用复杂性 ,并利用实际数据进行了对比 .     

一种改进的投资组合模型的算法和实证分析

目前,在Markowitz的均值-方差模型基础上对含有偏度和交易成本模型的研究较少,结合国内市场数据进行研究并做出三维投资组合有效前沿图像的成果更少。在建立两种在交易成本约束条件下以方差和偏度的线性组合为目标函数的最优投资组合模型之后,利用线性函数逼近,将模型转换成线性规划问题,而且这种逼近程度可以控制。用单纯形法求解以得到最优投资组合。利用国内八个上市公司的数据进行实证分析,做出了三维投资组合近似有效前沿图像,并讨论了目标函数最优值和参数的关系。可以发现,目标函数是期望r和参数m的增函数。     

Robustness of optimal portfolios under risk and stochastic dominance constraints

Solutions of portfolio optimization problems are often influenced by a model misspecification or by errors due to approximation, estimation and incomplete information. The obtained results, recommendations for the risk and portfolio manager, should be then carefully analyzed. We shall deal with output analysis and stress testing with respect to uncertainty or perturbations of input data for static risk constrained portfolio optimization problems by means of the contamination technique. Dependence of the set of feasible solutions on the probability distribution rules out the straightforward construction of convexity-based global contamination bounds. Results obtained in our paper [Dupa?ová, J., & Kopa, M. (2012). Robustness in stochastic programs with risk constraints. Annals of Operations Research, 200, 55–74.] were derived for the risk and second order stochastic dominance constraints under suitable smoothness and/or convexity assumptions that are fulfilled, e.g. for the Markowitz mean–variance model. In this paper we relax these assumptions having in mind the first order stochastic dominance and probabilistic risk constraints. Local bounds for problems of a special structure are obtained. Under suitable conditions on the structure of the problem and for discrete distributions we shall exploit the contamination technique to derive a new robust first order stochastic dominance portfolio efficiency test.     

Suitable-portfolio investors,nondominated frontier sensitivity,and the effect of multiple objectives on standard portfolio selection

In standard portfolio theory, an investor is typically taken as having one stochastic objective, to maximize the random variable of portfolio return. But in this paper, we focus on investors whose purpose is to build, more broadly, a “suitable portfolio” taking additional concerns into account. Such investors would have additional stochastic and deterministic objectives that might include liquidity, dividends, number of securities in a portfolio, social responsibility, and so forth. To accommodate such investors, we develop a multiple criteria portfolio selection formulation, corroborate its appropriateness by examining the sensitivity of the nondominated frontier to various factors, and observe the conversion of the nondominated frontier to a nondominated surface. Furthermore, multiple criteria enable us to provide an explanation as to why the “market portfolio,” so often found deep below the nondominated frontier, is roughly where one would expect it to be with multiple criteria. After commenting on solvability issues, the paper concludes with the idea that what is the “modern portfolio theory” of today might well be interpreted as a projection onto two-space of a real multiple criteria portfolio selection problem from higher dimensional space. M. Hirschberger: Research conducted while a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Banking and Finance, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, October 2003–March 2004.     

基于均值和CVaR的效用最大化模型研究

本文利用CVaR方法代替方差或VaR来度量风险,建立了关于期望和CVaR的效用最大化模型,研究了n种风险资产的投资决策问题。在效用函数是凹的假设下,首先得到了无差异曲线的特征及均值-CVaR模型有效边界的性质,然后利用这些结论得到了效用最大值存在的条件及其最优解的性质特征,给出了求解的具体步骤和算法,并分析了最大效用点的经济含义.最后,一个基于中国股票市场真实数据的数值算例说明了本文的结论及应用。     

An efficient estimator for the expectation of a bounded function under the residual distribution of an autoregressive process

Consider a stationary first-order autoregressive process, with i.i.d. residuals following an unknown mean zero distribution. The customary estimator for the expectation of a bounded function under the residual distribution is the empirical estimator based on the estimated residuals. We show that this estimator is not efficient, and construct a simple efficient estimator. It is adaptive with respect to the autoregression parameter.     

基于信用风险修正的多阶段银行资产组合优化模型

从资产组合管理角度出发,用信用风险修正的方法对企业信用等级阈值进行修正,同时考虑商业银行持续经营的特点,将修正后的信用风险引入到多阶段的模型当中去,建立一个基于信用风险修正的多阶段银行资产组合优化模型.针对该模型的特点,给出了把Monte Carlo模拟的动态算法和改进粒子群的多阶段算法相结合求解方法.数值试验表明所建...     

On two actuarial quantities for the compound Poisson risk model with tax and a threshold dividend strategy

In this paper, we consider a compound Poisson risk model with taxes paid according to a loss-carry-forward system and dividends paid under a threshold strategy. First, the closed-form expression of the probability function for the total number of taxation periods over the lifetime of the surplus process is derived. Second, analytical expression of the expected accumulated discounted dividends paid between two consecutive taxation periods is provided. In addition, explicit expressions are also given for the exponential individual claims.     

基于POT-GPD模型的地震巨灾风险测度

依据极值理论构建基于GPD的POT模型,对我国1969年至2013年间地震直接经济损失数据进行拟合;选取恰当的阀值,并对模型形状参数及尺度参数进行估计,以此研究地震巨灾损失的尾部特征,从而合理的对地震巨灾风险进行度量,得到损失数据的高分位数;最后,探讨了POT模型在再保险的高超额层选取及定价问题中的应用.     

变保费率Cox风险模型的研究

研究了当保费率随理赔强度的变化而变化时C ox风险模型的折现罚金函数,利用后向差分法得到了折现罚金函数所满足的积分方程,进而得到了破产概率,破产前瞬时盈余、破产时赤字的各阶矩所满足的积分方程.最后给出当理赔额服从指数分布,理赔强度为两状态的马氏过程时破产概率的拉普拉斯变换,对一些具体数值计算出了破产概率的表达式.