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We discuss the portfolio selection problem of an investor/portfolio manager in an arbitrage-free financial market where a money market account, coupon bonds and a stock are traded continuously. We allow for stochastic interest rates and in particular consider one and two-factor Vasicek models for the instantaneous
short rates. In both cases we consider a complete and an incomplete market setting by adding a suitable number of bonds.
The goal of an investor is to find a portfolio which maximizes expected utility
from terminal wealth under budget and present expected short-fall (PESF) risk
constraints. We analyze this portfolio optimization problem in both complete and
incomplete financial markets in three different cases: (a) when the PESF risk is
minimum, (b) when the PESF risk is between minimum and maximum and (c) without risk constraints. (a) corresponds to the portfolio insurer problem, in (b) the risk constraint is binding, i.e., it is satisfied with equality, and (c) corresponds
to the unconstrained Merton investment.
In all cases we find the optimal terminal wealth and portfolio process using the
martingale method and Malliavin calculus respectively. In particular we solve in the incomplete market settings the dual problem explicitly. We compare the
optimal terminal wealth in the cases mentioned using numerical examples. Without
risk constraints, we further compare the investment strategies for complete
and incomplete market numerically.