A Multivariate Model of Strategic Asset Allocation with Longevity Risk

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Emilio Bisetti

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Carlo A. Favero

Bocconi University - Department of Economics; Bocconi University - Department of Finance; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Giacomo Nocera

Audencia Business School

Claudio Tebaldi

Bocconi University - CAREFIN - Centre for Applied Research in Finance; Bocconi University - Department of Finance; Bocconi University - IGIER - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research

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Date Written: May 7, 2015

Abstract

Generalized unexpected raise in life expectancy is a source of aggregate risk. Longevity‐linked securities are a natural instrument to reallocate these risks by making them tradeable in the financial market. This paper extends the Campbell and Viceira (2005) strategic asset allocation model including a longevity‐linked investment possibility in addition to equity and fixed income securities. Estimation of the model, based on prices for standardized annuities publicly offered by US insurance companies, shows that aggregate shocks to survival probabilities are predictors for long term returns of the longevity linked securities, and reveals an unexpected predictability pattern. The empirical valuation of the market price of longevity risk confirms that longevity linked securities offer cheap funding opportunities to asset managers willing to leverage their investment portfolio.

Keywords: Longevity risk, strategic asset allocation

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G22

Suggested Citation

Bisetti, Emilio and Favero, Carlo A. and Nocera, Giacomo and Tebaldi, Claudio, A Multivariate Model of Strategic Asset Allocation with Longevity Risk (May 7, 2015). Netspar Discussion Paper No. 05/2015-012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2637789 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2637789

Emilio Bisetti

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) ( email )

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Carlo A. Favero

Bocconi University - Department of Economics ( email )

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Bocconi University - Department of Finance ( email )

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Giacomo Nocera

Audencia Business School ( email )

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Claudio Tebaldi (Contact Author)

Bocconi University - CAREFIN - Centre for Applied Research in Finance ( email )

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Milan, 20136
Italy

Bocconi University - Department of Finance ( email )

Via Roentgen 1
Milano, MI 20136
Italy

Bocconi University - IGIER - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research ( email )

Via Roentgen 1
Milan, 20136
Italy

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