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This paper revisits the classical Merton portfolio choice problem over infinite horizon for high risk aversion, addressing technical challenges related to establishing the existence and identification of optimal strategies. Traditional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Enrico Biffis , Cristina Di Girolami , Salvatore Federico , Fausto Gozzi

We discuss an optimal investment, consumption and insurance problem of a wage earner under inflation. Assume a wage earner investing in a real money account and three asset prices, namely: a real zero coupon bond, the inflation-linked real…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-07 Calisto Guambe , Rodwell Kufakunesu

In this paper we develop a concrete and fully implementable approach to the optimization of functionally generated portfolios in stochastic portfolio theory. The main idea is to optimize over a family of rank-based portfolios parameterized…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2021-10-12 Steven Campbell , Ting-Kam Leonard Wong

In this paper we derive the exact solution of the multi-period portfolio choice problem for an exponential utility function under return predictability. It is assumed that the asset returns depend on predictable variables and that the joint…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2023-04-19 Taras Bodnar , Nestor Parolya , Wolfgang Schmid

With the recent advancements in machine learning (ML), artificial neural networks (ANN) are starting to play an increasingly important role in quantitative finance. Dynamic portfolio optimization is among many problems that have…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2024-11-18 Yaacov Kopeliovich , Michael Pokojovy

This article examines arbitrage investment in a mispriced asset when the mispricing follows the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process and a credit-constrained investor maximizes a generalization of the Kelly criterion. The optimal differentiable and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-12-02 Vladislav Kargin

In this paper, we explore the use of a deep residual U-net with self-attention to solve the the continuous time time-consistent mean variance optimal trade execution problem for multiple agents and assets. Given a finite horizon we…

Trading and Market Microstructure · Quantitative Finance 2024-03-20 Andrew Na , Justin Wan

Following the recent resurgence in establishing linear control theoretic benchmarks for reinforcement leaning (RL)-based policy optimization (PO) for complex dynamical systems with continuous state and action spaces, an optimal control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-30 Leilei Cui , Lekan Molu

This paper studies the finite horizon portfolio management by optimally tracking a ratcheting capital benchmark process. It is assumed that the fund manager can dynamically inject capital into the portfolio account such that the total…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2021-05-03 Lijun Bo , Huafu Liao , Xiang Yu

The optimization criterion for dividends from a risky business is most often formalized in terms of the expected present value of future dividends. That criterion disregards a potential, explicit demand for stability of dividends. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Benjamin Avanzi , Debbie Kusch Falden , Mogens Steffensen

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

In this paper we consider an energy storage optimization problem in finite time in a model with partial information that allows for a changing economic environment. The state process consists of the storage level controlled by the storage…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2016-06-21 Anton A. Shardin , Michaela Szölgyenyi

In this article, we consider the optimal investment-consumption problem for an agent with preferences governed by Epstein--Zin stochastic differential utility (EZ-SDU) who invests in a constant-parameter Black-Scholes-Merton market over the…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-12-14 Martin Herdegen , David Hobson , Joseph Jerome

This paper studies a loss-averse version of the multiplicative habit formation preference and the corresponding optimal investment and consumption strategies over an infinite horizon. The agent's consumption preference is depicted by a…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-03-23 Bahman Angoshtari , Xiang Yu , Fengyi Yuan

We study an optimal execution strategy for purchasing a large block of shares over a fixed time horizon. The execution problem is subject to a general price impact that gradually dissipates due to market resilience. We allow for general…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-04-14 Etienne Chevalier , Yadh Hafsi , Vathana Ly Vath , Sergio Pulido

Classically, the optimal control problem in the presence of an adversary is formulated as a two-player zero-sum differential game or an $H_\infty$ control problem. The solution to these problems can be obtained by solving the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Alexander Krolicki , Sarang Sutavani , Umesh Vaidya

This paper is a review of results on Optimisation which are perhaps not so standard in the PDE realm. To this end, we consider the problem of deriving the PDEs associated to the optimal control of a system of either ODEs or SDEs with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-16 Nikos Katzourakis , Tristan Pryer

This paper studies optimal liquidity provision for perpetual contracts when the funding rate is a stochastic state variable. The core extension to classical market making is the coupling between inventory and funding payments: inventory…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-05-08 Nam Anh Le

This paper presents a physics-informed machine learning approach for synthesizing optimal feedback control policy for infinite-horizon optimal control problems by solving the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) partial differential equation(PDE).…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-24 Tanay Raghunandan Srinivasa , Suraj Kumar

A quantum-inspired optimization approach is proposed to study the portfolio optimization aimed at selecting an optimal mix of assets based on the risk-return trade-off to achieve the desired goal in investment. By integrating conventional…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2024-11-15 Ying-Chang Lu , Chao-Ming Fu , Lien-Po Yu , Yen-Jui Chang , Ching-Ray Chang