Behavioral Benchmarked Investment Management with Expert Forecasts

We propose a continuous-time portfolio selection model that explains the active-passive continuum. Our model illuminates the pivotal role of expert opinions and factors in the asset allocation process. In the model, investors aim to outperform a benchmark. As securities and benchmark's drift depends on unobservable factors, portfolio selection becomes a partial observation risk-sensitive control problem. We find that the optimal investment policy combines Kelly, benchmark-tracking, and intertemporal hedging portfolios. The Kelly portfolio sums two alpha-generating strategies. Our simulation reveals the importance of debiasing expert opinions and shows that factor choice is crucial at every stage of the investment process