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Aumann–Serrano index of risk in portfolio optimization

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  • Tiantian Li

    (Barclays)

  • Young Shin Kim

    (Stony Brook University)

  • Qi Fan

    (Barclays)

  • Fumin Zhu

    (Shenzhen University)

Abstract

The paper is devoted to study the portfolio optimization problem for an investor who aims to minimize the exposure to equity markets measured by the Aumann–Serrano index of riskiness. The ARMA–GARCH model with normal variance–mean mixture innovations is employed to capture the stylized facts of stock returns. Using a two-step scheme, we convert the high-dimensional optimization problem into a two-dimensional one. We further prove that the dimension reduction technique preserves the convexity of the problem as long as the risk measure is convex and monotonic. In the empirical study, we observe that the optimal portfolio outperforms benchmarks based on a 10-year backtesting window covering the financial crisis.

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  • Tiantian Li & Young Shin Kim & Qi Fan & Fumin Zhu, 2021. "Aumann–Serrano index of risk in portfolio optimization," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 94(2), pages 197-217, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:mathme:v:94:y:2021:i:2:d:10.1007_s00186-021-00753-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s00186-021-00753-x
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