Review of Dynamic Allocation Strategies: Utility Maximization, Option Replication, Insurance, Drawdown Control, Convex/Concave Management

24 Pages Posted: 23 Sep 2010 Last revised: 12 Feb 2013

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Attilio Meucci

ARPM - Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management

Date Written: July 7, 2010

Abstract

We review the main approaches to dynamically reallocate capital between a risky portfolio and a risk-free account: expected utility maximization; option-based portfolio insurance (OBPI); and drawdown control, closely related to constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI). We present a refresher of the theory under general assumptions. We discuss the connections among the different approaches, as well as their relationship with convex and concave strategies. We provide explicit, practicable solutions with all the computations as well as numerical examples. Fully documented code for all the strategies is also provided.

Keywords: CPPI, OBPI, drawdown control, option replication, dynamic programming, Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation, Pontryagin principle, geometric Brownian motion, power utility, constant exposure portfolio, buy-and-hold

JEL Classification: C1, G11

Suggested Citation

Meucci, Attilio, Review of Dynamic Allocation Strategies: Utility Maximization, Option Replication, Insurance, Drawdown Control, Convex/Concave Management (July 7, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1635982 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1635982

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