Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Research: 2nd Edition

A special issue of Computation (ISSN 2079-3197). This special issue belongs to the section "Computational Social Science".

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of the Journal of Computation (ISSN 2079-3197) is devoted to quantitative finance and risk management research, reflecting the crucial necessity to incorporate advanced quantitative and computational techniques in finance and risk management.

Our Special Issue welcomes papers dealing with original and innovative contributions in the following areas:

  • Asset pricing;
  • EMH and adaptive market hypothesis;
  • Financial markets;
  • Financial econometrics;
  • Risk management;
  • Financial regulation;
  • Artificial intelligence machine learning in financial trading;
  • Volatility modelling and risk management;
  • Nonlinear and stochastic optimization in finance;
  • Behavior finance;
  • Corporate finance;
  • Derivative pricing and hedging;
  • Portfolio management;
  • Financial market regulation;
  • Spillover effects;
  • Price discovery and informational efficiency;
  • Asset pricing and macroeconomic fundamentals;
  • Financial market structure and microstructure;
  • Mutual funds and hedge funds;
  • Big data analysis.

Dr. Athanasios G. Tsagkanos
Dr. Vasilios I. Sogiakas
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • quantitative finance
  • risk management research
  • credit risk
  • financial crisis

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Robust Portfolio Mean-Variance Optimization for Capital Allocation in Stock Investment Using the Genetic Algorithm: A Systematic Literature Review
by Diandra Chika Fransisca, Sukono, Diah Chaerani and Nurfadhlina Abdul Halim
Computation 2024, 12(8), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/computation12080166 - 18 Aug 2024
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Traditional mean-variance (MV) models, considered effective in stable conditions, often prove inadequate in uncertain market scenarios. Therefore, there is a need for more robust and better portfolio optimization methods to handle the fluctuations and uncertainties in asset returns and covariances. This study aims [...] Read more.
Traditional mean-variance (MV) models, considered effective in stable conditions, often prove inadequate in uncertain market scenarios. Therefore, there is a need for more robust and better portfolio optimization methods to handle the fluctuations and uncertainties in asset returns and covariances. This study aims to perform a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) on robust portfolio mean-variance (RPMV) in stock investment utilizing genetic algorithms (GAs). The SLR covered studies from 1995 to 2024, allowing a thorough analysis of the evolution and effectiveness of robust portfolio optimization methods over time. The method used to conduct the SLR followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. The result of the SLR presented a novel strategy to combine robust optimization methods and a GA in order to enhance RPMV. The uncertainty parameters, cardinality constraints, optimization constraints, risk-aversion parameters, robust covariance estimators, relative and absolute robustness, and parameters adopted were unable to develop portfolios capable of maintaining performance despite market uncertainties. This led to the inclusion of GAs to solve the complex optimization problems associated with RPMV efficiently, as well as fine-tuning parameters to improve solution accuracy. In three papers, the empirical validation of the results was conducted using historical data from different global capital markets such as Hang Seng (Hong Kong), Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) 100 (Germany), the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 (U.K.), S&P 100 (USA), Nikkei 225 (Japan), and the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), and the results showed that the RPMV model optimized with a GA was more stable and provided higher returns compared with traditional MV models. Furthermore, the proposed method effectively mitigated market uncertainties, making it a valuable tool for investors aiming to optimize portfolios under uncertain conditions. The implications of this study relate to handling uncertainty in asset returns, dynamic portfolio parameters, and the effectiveness of GAs in solving portfolio optimization problems under uncertainty, providing near-optimal solutions with relatively lower computational time. Full article
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