Risk minimizing hedging strategy of variable annuity guarantees under stochastic interestrates

A hedge is an investment position intended to offset potential losses, or in our case to pay off potential liabilities.

Interest rates play an important role in hedging strategies and risk management for variable annuities and other

long-term products. Financial institutions have an urgent need for practical and affordable dynamic hedging

strategies. We propose a realistic interest rates model and the so-called risk minimization hedging strategy. This

strategy uses the underlying stock and bond as hedging instruments and minimizes the ongoing costs

associated with variable annuity contracts for issuers. The payoff of the target products may have a flexible

form, such as single payment at maturity or a sequence of payments. The optimal portfolio will tell the issuers

how to construct the hedging portfolio such that they would be able to pay off all liabilities arising from the

contracts towards the policyholders. The performance of this risk minimizing strategy will be compared to other

dynamic hedging methods, such …

Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Salisbury

Student:

Partner:

RBC Royal Bank (Toronto, ON)

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Management of companies and enterprises

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

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