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Robust utility maximization with intractable claims

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  • Yunhong Li
  • Zuo Quan Xu
  • Xun Yu Zhou

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We study a continuous-time expected utility maximization problem in which the investor at maturity receives the value of a contingent claim in addition to the investment payoff from the financial market. The investor knows nothing about the claim other than its probability distribution, hence an ``intractable claim''. In view of the lack of necessary information about the claim, we consider a robust formulation to maximize her utility in the worst scenario. We apply the quantile formulation to solve the problem, expressing the quantile function of the optimal terminal investment income as the solution of certain variational inequalities of ordinary differential equations and obtaining the resulting optimal trading strategy. In the case of an exponential utility, the problem reduces to a (non-robust) rank--dependent utility maximization with probability distortion whose solution is available in the literature. The results can also be used to determine the utility indifference price of the intractable claim.

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  • Yunhong Li & Zuo Quan Xu & Xun Yu Zhou, 2023. "Robust utility maximization with intractable claims," Papers 2304.06938, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2023.
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