While the money market account is free of credit risk, corporate bonds are defaultable and
exhibit long-range dependence (LRD) in credit risk. We propose a Volterra default intensity
model to capture the LRD in credit risk. Using utility maximization, we derive the novel
optimal investment strategy for a corporate bond fund. As empirical study shows that the
COVID-19 pandemic has lowered the level of LRD in credit risk, we conduct sensitivity …