Designing minimum guaranteed return funds
Authors:
M. A. H. Dempster a;
M. Germano;
E. A. Medova a;
M. I. Rietbergen b;
F. Sandrini; M. Scrowston
| Affiliations: | a Centre for Financial Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge & Cambridge Systems Associates Ltd, Cambridge, UK |
| b Securitisation & Asset Monetisation Group, London |
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10.1080/14697680701264804
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Abstract
In recent years there has been a significant growth of investment products aimed at attracting investors who are worried about the downside potential of the financial markets. This paper introduces a dynamic stochastic optimization model for the design of such products. The pricing of minimum guarantees as well as the valuation of a portfolio of bonds based on a three-factor term structure model are described in detail. This allows us to accurately price individual bonds, including the zero-coupon bonds used to provide risk management, rather than having to rely on a generalized bond index model.
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| Keywords: Dynamic stochastic programming; Asset & liability management; Guaranteed returns; Yield curve; Economic factor model |
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