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This presentation, led by top investment professionals, explores advanced strategies for constructing portfolios that effectively manage downside risk. Key topics include modernized portfolio theory, dynamic asset allocation, and tail risk hedging. Participants will learn about realistic asset distributions, multi-period risk measures, and innovative strategies for sector rotation. The session will offer insights into balancing responsiveness with stability in asset management, as well as how to withstand severe market downturns without sacrificing profit potential.
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Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Annual Conference May 23, 2012 Jerry A. Miccolis, CFA®, CFP®, FCAS CIO, Brinton Eaton
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Company confidential
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Juan Carlos Artigas Global Head of Investment Research World Gold Council Company confidential
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Kenneth R. Solow, CFP® Chief Investment Officer Pinnacle Advisory Group Company confidential
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Erick Goralski Director, Global Markets, ICG Structured Investments Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Company confidential
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Company confidential
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk ModernizedModern Portfolio Theory Company confidential
Modernizing MPT • More realistic asset distributions • Non-normal/fat tails • More representative investment horizons • Multi-period/compound returns/risk drag • Rules-based rebalancing • More meaningful risk measures • Shortfall risk • Conditional VaR • More useful dependency measures • Correlations copulas Company confidential
Asset class relationships are complex Company confidential
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…to copulas 1 0.5 0 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 -0.5 -1 Company confidential
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Dynamic Asset Allocation Company confidential
Our sector rotation strategy is an example of DAA • Stable-weighting • Exit/entry signaling • Trade-offs between stability and responsiveness • Three “momentum” algorithms • Each has its own strengths/ weaknesses • Rules that determine which algorithm to use at different times • Dynamically move between responsiveness and stability based on market characteristics • Filtering • To avoid too-frequent trading • Parameters optimized based on 1990-2007 data • Tested “out of sample” with 2008-2011 data Company confidential
How does this strategy compare to the S&P500 Total Return Index? Company confidential
How does this strategy compare to the S&P500 Total Return Index? Company confidential
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Enlightened Tail Risk Hedging Company confidential
Our three criteria for an effective buy-and-hold tail risk hedge • Sudden appreciation in severe market downturns • “Severe” denoting sudden, substantial, unexpected decline in market value across most major asset classes, as in 4Q08 (i.e., when diversification doesn’t help) • Appreciation to a degree sufficient to meaningfully offset the decline • No “give-back” during market recovery! • Very low cost • Minimize diversion of funds from productive use • No sacrifice of upside portfolio potential! • Minimal disruption to portfolio • Maintain what works in vastly more likely markets • “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!” Company confidential
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The combined effect can be game-changing Company confidential
Constructing a Portfolio that Successfully Manages Downside Risk Company confidential
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