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We study entropy-regularized mean-variance portfolio optimization under Bayesian drift uncertainty. Gaussian policies remain optimal under partial information, the value function is quadratic in wealth, and belief-dependent coefficients…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Andy Au

We introduce a solution scheme for portfolio optimization problems with cardinality constraints. Typical portfolio optimization problems are extensions of the classical Markowitz mean-variance portfolio optimization model. We solve such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-25 Lorenz M. Roebers , Aras Selvi , Juan C. Vera

In matter of Portfolio selection, we consider a generalization of the Markowitz Mean-Variance model which includes buy-in threshold constraints. These constraints limit the amount of capital to be invested in each asset and prevent very…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Hoai An Le Thi , Mahdi Moeini

We consider the mean--variance portfolio optimization problem under the game theoretic framework and without risk-free assets. The problem is solved semi-explicitly by applying the extended Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman equation. Although the…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2016-02-17 Chi Kin Lam , Yuhong Xu , Guosheng Yin

This work aims to deal with the optimal allocation instability problem of Markowitz's modern portfolio theory in high dimensionality. We propose a combined strategy that considers covariance matrix estimators from Random Matrix Theory~(RMT)…

Statistical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2025-03-10 Andrés García-Medina , Benito Rodriguéz-Camejo

This paper studies the risk-averse mean-variance optimization in infinite-horizon discounted Markov decision processes (MDPs). The involved variance metric concerns reward variability during the whole process, and future deviations are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Shuai Ma , Xiaoteng Ma , Li Xia

In this report we derive the strategic (deterministic) allocation to bonds and stocks resulting in the optimal mean-variance trade-off on a given investment horizon. The underlying capital market features a mean-reverting process for equity…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-01-17 Søren Fiig Jarner

We investigate the optimal investment-reinsurance problem for insurance company with partial information on the market price of the risk. Through the use of filtering techniques we convert the original optimization problem involving…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2024-08-15 Claudia Ceci , Katia Colaneri

In this paper we study a class of time-inconsistent terminal Markovian control problems in discrete time subject to model uncertainty. We combine the concept of the sub-game perfect strategies with the adaptive robust stochastic to tackle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-10 Tomasz R. Bielecki , Tao Chen , Igor Cialenco

We consider a multi-stock continuous time incomplete market model with random coefficients. We study the investment problem in the class of strategies which do not use direct observations of the appreciation rates of the stocks, but rather…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2015-02-10 Nikolai Dokuchaev

This paper compares the optimal investment problems based on monotone mean-variance (MMV) and mean-variance (MV) preferences in the L\'{e}vy market with an untradable stochastic factor. It is an open question proposed by Trybu{\l}a and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Yuchen Li , Zongxia Liang , Shunzhi Pang

The classical dynamic programming-based optimal stochastic control methods fail to cope with nonseparable dynamic optimization problems as the principle of optimality no longer applies in such situations. Among these notorious nonseparable…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2013-03-06 Xiangyu Cui , Xun Li , Duan Li

Effectively encoding inequality constraints is a primary obstacle in applying quantum algorithms to financial optimization. A quantum model for Markowitz portfolio optimization is presented that resolves this by embedding slack variables…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Pablo Thomassin , Guillaume Guerard , Sonia Djebali , Vincent Marc Lambert

The limitations of the traditional mean-variance (MV) efficient frontier, as introduced by Markowitz (1952), have been extensively documented in the literature. Specifically, the assumptions of normally distributed returns or quadratic…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-09-23 Jinghui Chen , Edward Furman , Stephano Ricci , Judeto Shanthirajah

The question of optimal portfolio is addressed. The conventional Markowitz portfolio optimisation is discussed and the shortcomings due to non-Gaussian security returns are outlined. A method is proposed to minimise the likelihood of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2008-12-02 Robert Kitt , Jaan Kalda

In this paper we consider the strategic asset allocation of an insurance company. This task can be seen as a special case of portfolio optimization. In the 1950s, Markowitz proposed to formulate portfolio optimization as a bicriteria…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Kerstin Dächert , Ria Grindel , Elisabeth Leoff , Jonas Mahnkopp , Florian Schirra , Jörg Wenzel

Dynamic optimization of mean and variance in Markov decision processes (MDPs) is a long-standing challenge caused by the failure of dynamic programming. In this paper, we propose a new approach to find the globally optimal policy for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Li Xia , Shuai Ma

In the knowledge that the ex-post performance of Markowitz efficient portfolios is inferior to that implied ex-ante, we make two contributions to the portfolio selection literature. Firstly, we propose a methodology to identify the region…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2020-06-30 N. Meade , J. E. Beasley , C. J. Adcock

In this paper, we study a mean-variance optimization problem in an infinite horizon discrete time discounted Markov decision process (MDP). The objective is to minimize the variance of system rewards with the constraint of mean performance.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-24 Li Xia

Prediction models are traditionally optimized independently from their use in the asset allocation decision-making process. We address this shortcoming and present a framework for integrating regression prediction models in a mean-variance…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2022-12-01 Andrew Butler , Roy H. Kwon