Worst-Case Valuation of Equity-Linked Products Using Risk-Minimizing Strategies

Patrice Gaillardetz and Emmanuel Osei Mireku

North American Actuarial Journal, 2022, vol. 26, issue 1, 64-81

Abstract: The impact of model risk when hedging equity-linked products and other investment guarantees is significant. We propose a model to determine the worst-case value of an equity-linked product through partial hedging. Risk control strategies based on conditional Value at Risk measures are used. The model integrates both mortality and financial risk associated with these products to find the worst-case value. We adopt robust optimization techniques to compute an optimal hedging strategy. To demonstrate versatility of the framework, numerical examples of point-to-point equity-indexed annuities are presented in multinomial lattice dynamics. We compare robustness of the model to super-replicating and quadratic hedging strategies by computing their capital requirements.

Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/10920277.2020.1826975 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:uaajxx:v:26:y:2022:i:1:p:64-81

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/uaaj20

DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2020.1826975

Access Statistics for this article

North American Actuarial Journal is currently edited by Kathryn Baker

More articles in North American Actuarial Journal from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().