# Dynamic Robust Duality in Utility Maximization

Dynamic Robust Duality in Utility Maximization A celebrated financial application of convex duality theory gives an explicit relation between the following two quantities: (i) The optimal terminal wealth $$X^*(T) : = X_{\varphi ^*}(T)$$ X ∗ ( T ) : = X φ ∗ ( T ) of the problem to maximize the expected U-utility of the terminal wealth $$X_{\varphi }(T)$$ X φ ( T ) generated by admissible portfolios $$\varphi (t); 0 \le t \le T$$ φ ( t ) ; 0 ≤ t ≤ T in a market with the risky asset price process modeled as a semimartingale; (ii) The optimal scenario $$\frac{dQ^*}{dP}$$ d Q ∗ d P of the dual problem to minimize the expected V-value of $$\frac{dQ}{dP}$$ d Q d P over a family of equivalent local martingale measures Q, where V is the convex conjugate function of the concave function U. In this paper we consider markets modeled by Itô-Lévy processes. In the first part we use the maximum principle in stochastic control theory to extend the above relation to a dynamic relation, valid for all $$t \in [0,T]$$ t ∈ [ 0 , T ] . We prove in particular that the optimal adjoint process for the primal problem coincides with the optimal density process, and that the optimal adjoint process for the dual problem coincides with the optimal wealth process; $$0 \le t \le T$$ 0 ≤ t ≤ T . In the terminal time case $$t=T$$ t = T we recover the classical duality connection above. We get moreover an explicit relation between the optimal portfolio $$\varphi ^*$$ φ ∗ and the optimal measure $$Q^*$$ Q ∗ . We also obtain that the existence of an optimal scenario is equivalent to the replicability of a related T-claim. In the second part we present robust (model uncertainty) versions of the optimization problems in (i) and (ii), and we prove a similar dynamic relation between them. In particular, we show how to get from the solution of one of the problems to the other. We illustrate the results with explicit examples. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Mathematics and Optimization Springer Journals

# Dynamic Robust Duality in Utility Maximization

, Volume 75 (1) – Jan 21, 2016
31 pages

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Publisher
Springer US
Subject
Mathematics; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization; Systems Theory, Control; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation
ISSN
0095-4616
eISSN
1432-0606
D.O.I.
10.1007/s00245-016-9329-5
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### Abstract

A celebrated financial application of convex duality theory gives an explicit relation between the following two quantities: (i) The optimal terminal wealth $$X^*(T) : = X_{\varphi ^*}(T)$$ X ∗ ( T ) : = X φ ∗ ( T ) of the problem to maximize the expected U-utility of the terminal wealth $$X_{\varphi }(T)$$ X φ ( T ) generated by admissible portfolios $$\varphi (t); 0 \le t \le T$$ φ ( t ) ; 0 ≤ t ≤ T in a market with the risky asset price process modeled as a semimartingale; (ii) The optimal scenario $$\frac{dQ^*}{dP}$$ d Q ∗ d P of the dual problem to minimize the expected V-value of $$\frac{dQ}{dP}$$ d Q d P over a family of equivalent local martingale measures Q, where V is the convex conjugate function of the concave function U. In this paper we consider markets modeled by Itô-Lévy processes. In the first part we use the maximum principle in stochastic control theory to extend the above relation to a dynamic relation, valid for all $$t \in [0,T]$$ t ∈ [ 0 , T ] . We prove in particular that the optimal adjoint process for the primal problem coincides with the optimal density process, and that the optimal adjoint process for the dual problem coincides with the optimal wealth process; $$0 \le t \le T$$ 0 ≤ t ≤ T . In the terminal time case $$t=T$$ t = T we recover the classical duality connection above. We get moreover an explicit relation between the optimal portfolio $$\varphi ^*$$ φ ∗ and the optimal measure $$Q^*$$ Q ∗ . We also obtain that the existence of an optimal scenario is equivalent to the replicability of a related T-claim. In the second part we present robust (model uncertainty) versions of the optimization problems in (i) and (ii), and we prove a similar dynamic relation between them. In particular, we show how to get from the solution of one of the problems to the other. We illustrate the results with explicit examples.

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Applied Mathematics and OptimizationSpringer Journals

Published: Jan 21, 2016

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