%0 Report
%9 EIC working paper series
%A Menoncin, Francesco
%A Regis, Luca
%D 2015
%F eprints:2666
%I IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
%K JEL codes: C61; G11 - Keywords: longevity risk, pre-retirement savings, consumption/portfolio choices,  HARA preferences.
%N 2
%T Longevity assets and pre-retirement consumption/portfolio  decisions
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2666/
%X We derive a closed form solution for the optimal consumption/investment problem of an agent whose force of mortality is stochastic and whose financial horizon coincides with a fixed retirement date. The investment set includes a longevity asset, as a derivative on the force of mortality. We explore the optimal choices of a representative agent having Hyperbolic Absolute Risk Aversion preferences on both consumption and final  wealth. Our numerical analysis shows that individuals optimally invest a large fraction of their wealth in the longevity asset. In our base scenario, calibrated on real world data, a 60-year old male retiring after 5 years should invest around 88% of his wealth in the longevity asset. Such a percentage decreases as time to retirement decreases. We explore sensitivity of our results to market and individual characteristics.