Robust Long-Term Interest Rate Risk Hedging in Incomplete Bond Markets

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Sally Shen

Netspar

Antoon Pelsser

Maastricht University; Netspar

Peter C. Schotman

Maastricht University - Department of Finance

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Date Written: August 4, 2014

Abstract

We introduce a robust investment strategy to hedge long dated liabilities under model misspecification and incomplete bond markets. A robust agent who worries about misspecified bond premia follows a min-max expected shortfall criterion to protect against model uncertainty. We employ a backward least squares Monte Carlo method to solve this dynamic robust optimization problem. We find that both naive and robust optimal portfolios depend on the hedging horizon and current funding ratio. The robust policy suggests to take more risk when the current funding ratio is low. The robust yield curve derived through the minimum assets required to eliminate shortfall risk is lower than the naive one.

Keywords: Model misspecification, robust optimization, least squares Monte Carlo, uncertainty set, incomplete market, term structure model

JEL Classification: G11, C61, E43

Suggested Citation

Shen, Sally and Pelsser, Antoon A. J. and Schotman, Peter C., Robust Long-Term Interest Rate Risk Hedging in Incomplete Bond Markets (August 4, 2014). Netspar Discussion Paper No. 08/2014-063, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2564465 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2564465

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