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Optimal Investment For A Defined-Contribution Pension Scheme Under A Regime Switching Model

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  • Chen, An
  • Delong, Å ukasz

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We study an asset allocation problem for a defined-contribution (DC) pension scheme in its accumulation phase. We assume that the amount contributed to the pension fund by a pension plan member is coupled with the salary income which fluctuates randomly over time and contains both a hedgeable and non-hedgeable risk component. We consider an economy in which macroeconomic risks are existent. We assume that the economy can be in one of I states (regimes) and switches randomly between those states. The state of the economy affects the dynamics of the tradeable risky asset and the contribution process (the salary income of a pension plan member). To model the switching behavior of the economy we use a counting process with stochastic intensities. We find the investment strategy which maximizes the expected exponential utility of the discounted excess wealth over a target payment, e.g. a target lifetime annuity.

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  • Chen, An & Delong, Å ukasz, 2015. "Optimal Investment For A Defined-Contribution Pension Scheme Under A Regime Switching Model," ASTIN Bulletin, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(2), pages 397-419, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:astinb:v:45:y:2015:i:02:p:397-419_00
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    1. Calisto Guambe & Rodwell Kufakunesu & Gusti Van Zyl & Conrad Beyers, 2018. "Optimal asset allocation for a DC plan with partial information under inflation and mortality risks," Papers 1808.06337, arXiv.org, revised Aug 2018.
    2. Yang, Lin & Pantelous, Athanasios A. & Assa, Hirbod, 2016. "Robust Stability, Stabilisation And H-Infinity Control For Premium-Reserve Models In A Markovian Regime Switching Discrete-Time Framework," ASTIN Bulletin, Cambridge University Press, vol. 46(3), pages 747-778, September.
    3. Dong, Yinghui & Zheng, Harry, 2019. "Optimal investment of DC pension plan under short-selling constraints and portfolio insurance," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 47-59.
    4. Bian, Lihua & Li, Zhongfei & Yao, Haixiang, 2018. "Pre-commitment and equilibrium investment strategies for the DC pension plan with regime switching and a return of premiums clause," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 78-94.
    5. Chen, Zheng & Li, Zhongfei & Zeng, Yan & Sun, Jingyun, 2017. "Asset allocation under loss aversion and minimum performance constraint in a DC pension plan with inflation risk," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 137-150.
    6. An Chen & Motonobu Kanagawa & Fangyuan Zhang, 2021. "Intergenerational risk sharing in a Defined Contribution pension system: analysis with Bayesian optimization," Papers 2106.13644, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2023.
    7. Lesław Gajek & Marcin Rudź, 2020. "Finite-horizon general insolvency risk measures in a regime-switching Sparre Andersen model," Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, Springer, vol. 22(4), pages 1507-1528, December.
    8. Lesław Gajek & Marcin Rudź, 2018. "Risk-switching insolvency models," Collegium of Economic Analysis Annals, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of Economic Analysis, issue 51, pages 129-146.

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