Optimal assets allocation and benefit outgo policies of DC pension plan with compulsory conversion claims

Lin He and Zongxia Liang

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 2015, vol. 61, issue C, 227-234

Abstract: In this paper, we study optimal asset allocation and benefit outgo policies of DC (defined contribution) pension plan. We extend He and Liang model (2013a,b) to describe dynamics of individual fund scale during distribution period. The fund scale is affected by investment return, benefit outgo and mortality credit. The management of the pension plan controls the asset allocation and benefit outgo policies to achieve the objective of pension members. The goal of the management is to minimize accumulated deviations between the actual benefit outgo and a pre-set target during the whole distribution period. The performance function (criterion) is the weighted average of the square and linear deviations to express more penalty on negative deviation than positive deviation. Using HJB (Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman) equations and variational inequality methods, the closed-forms of the optimal policies are derived. The counterintuitive effect of the optimal proportion allocated in the risky asset with respect to the fund scale is also derived, and the optimal benefit outgo has the form of the spread method. Moreover, we use Monte Carlo Methods (MCM) to analyze economic behaviors of the optimal asset allocation and benefit outgo policies.

Keywords: IE12; IE13; IB12; IB81; Compulsory conversion claims; DC pension plan; Optimal asset allocation; Optimal benefit outgo; HJB equations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2015.01.006

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