Operations Research Transactions ›› 2025, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 127-141.doi: 10.15960/j.cnki.issn.1007-6093.2025.01.011

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Robust optimal investment and benefit payment adjustment strategy for target benefit pension plans with stochastic salary

Xinru ZHANG1, Shixia MA1,*(), Yumeng ZHANG1, Rui MU1   

  1. 1. School of Science, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
  • Received:2021-07-21 Online:2025-03-15 Published:2025-03-08
  • Contact: Shixia MA E-mail:mashixia1@163.com

Abstract:

This paper considers the optimal investment and benefit payment problem with default risk and model uncertainty under target benefit plans~(TBPs). The pension funds can be invested in a risk-free asset, a stock whose price process follows Heston model and a defaultable bond. In particular, the salary of TBPs members is stochastic. Using the stochastic optimal control approach, we derive the robust optimal strategies as well as the corresponding value functions in the post-default and pre-default, respectively. Besides, we also consider the optimal strategies for the non-ambiguity case. Finally, numerical analysis is provided to illustrate the effects of parameters on the optimal strategies, which provides an effective decision-making basis for pension managers.

Key words: target benefit pension plans, stochastic salary, ambiguity aversion, default risk, Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation

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