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Dynamic Lifecycle Strategies for Target DateRetirement Funds
Author(s) -
Anup K. Basu,
Alistair Byrne,
Michael E. Drew
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of portfolio management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2168-8656
pISSN - 0095-4918
DOI - 10.3905/jpm.2011.37.2.083
Subject(s) - portfolio , stochastic dominance , dominance (genetics) , set (abstract data type) , asset allocation , business , project portfolio management , retirement planning , economics , actuarial science , finance , econometrics , computer science , management , biochemistry , chemistry , project management , gene , programming language
Lifecycle funds offered to retirement plan participants gradually reduce exposure to stocks as the funds approach the target date of the participants' retirement.The authors show that such deterministic switching rules produce inferior wealth outcomes for the investor compared to strategies that dynamically alter the allocation between growth and conservative assets based on cumulative portfolio performance relative to a set target.The dynamic allocation strategies proposed in this article exhibit almost stochastic dominance over strategies that unidirectionally switch assets without consideration of portfolio performance.Full Tex

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