The value of economic scenarios from a risk perspective

The value of economic scenarios from a risk perspective

Behavioral Economic Scenario Stress Testing Jos Berkemeijer, Managing Partner Symetrics April 2, 2015

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Agenda 1. What is risk?

2. The new economic reality 3. Models

4. Looking forward?

5. BEST: Behavioral Economic Stress Testing

6. Key questions 7. Finally

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What is risk? Estimating risks‌..

How many bubbles are in a bottle of Champagne?

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What is risk? Markowitz approach

Risk = σ X~ April 2, 2015

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What is risk? Spread = Risk?

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What is risk? Taleb’s risk definition What company is most risky to invest in?

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Black Swans Antifragile

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The new economic reality: low interest rates

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The new economic reality: Real rate

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Models: Linear thinking • • • • •

Input = Output The future is a linear extrapolation of the past ‘Mean reversion’ ‘Herding’ The best estimate for tomorrow is today

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Models: Evaluation by Guus Boender (†) • We have the bad luck that this crisis since 2009 fell outside the range of thousand

• A model cannot take into account things that have not yet happened • Non-normal distributions occur more frequently • The probability tail is thicker • We need more data • Never consider models as absolute truth Source: De Actuaris : Uitspraken Guus Boender (1955 – 2014) April 2, 2015

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Looking forward? Predictions fail

Dutch pension fund feasibility test = Looking April 2, 2015

60 years ahead‌.

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Looking forward? Informed decision making

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Understanding Risks ‘Informed Decision Making’ ‘In Control’ ‘Countervailing Power’

N(μ,σ2)

NL(μ,σ2,B,T)

• Stochastic • ‘At Random’

• ‘Behavioral Rules’ • ‘Tail Risks’

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BEST: Behavioral Economic Stress Testing 1. Oude modellen - Asset Classes - Scenarios defined by experts

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= Beliefs

2. BEST Model - Asset Classes - Economic Data

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Scientific Behavioral Algorithms 1. Banks 2. Consumers 3. Markets

= A. More expressive power B. Better understanding C. In Control

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BEST: Examples of Economic Scenarios 1. Central Scenario 2. Recovery 3. Muddle Through

4. Stagflation 5. QE US Edition 6. QE ECB Edition 7. Nominal GDP Targeting 8. Credit Crisis 9. China stops buying US bonds 10.Yen Depreciation April 2, 2015

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BEST: Stresstesting

Behavioral Rules

Regulatory stress testing Much testing‌.., little stress?

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BEST: EIOPA Pension fund stress test 2015

EIOPA Pension fund stress test • EU-wide stress test among pension funds • Establish test criteria

• selection NL pension funds,

by Dutch regulator (DNB)

• Macroeconomic stress scenarios

With or without ‘Behavioral?

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Gabriel Bernardino. Chairman EIOPA

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BEST: Stagflation 2015, Example Risk-Return Development 2011-2015 Average Dutch Pension Fund Scenario: Stagflation

Period 2011-2015 Efficient Frontier 2011 – 2014 Average return 2011 – 2014

Average Return

Period 2011-2015 –

Stagflation without Behavioral rules Stagflation with Behavioral rules Sharpe Sortino Minimum Change

Risk

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BEST: Scenarios & Optimalisation

1. Capital requirements 2. Minimal capital requirement 3. Funding ratio

Risk Appetite Check April 2, 2015

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BEST: Is your pension fund ‘Economic Proof’?

Stresstesting Risk Appetite Short term

Long term

0 year

15 year

60 year

Required Capital Check

ALM Study

Feasibility Test

Critical Values I

Critical Values II

Critical Values III

Strategic Asset Mix

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Bad weather scenarios April 2, 2015

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BEST: Dynamic Investment Policy

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BEST Informed Decision Making • Step by step to a dynamic investment policy: Economic Trigger Points • From ‘Damage Control’ to ‘preventive & timely adjustments’ : Economic Alert Indicators • Scenario reporting on a quarterly basis: Aside from Benchmarking, also Scenario-updates April 2, 2015

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Key Questions 1.

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Best of Class?

Demonstrably ‘In Control’?

Informed Decision Making?

Countervailing Power?

What are your planned actions?

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ALM 2015

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Stress test 2015?

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‘Holistic Balance Sheet’

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Dynamic Investment Policy?

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BEST or NOT SO BEST ?

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Finally Why stress test the old way, if you can do it the BEST way?

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Contact Symetrics

Contact information Corporate Office

Branch Office

Contact information

Symetrics B.V. Het Rietveld 55a 7321 CT Apeldoorn The Netherlands Tel. +31 55 201 8829 W: http://www.symetrics.eu/

Symetrics B.V. De Corridor 5 C 3621 ZA Breukelen The Netherlands Tel. +31 34 671 5065 W: http://www.symetrics.eu/

Martijn van Eck, Managing Partner Tel. +31 6 525 68 775 vaneck@symetrics.eu

London, United Kingdom

Symetrics is a member of London FinTech Incubator Level39 W: http://www.level39.co.uk/members

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Jos Berkemeijer, Managing Partner Tel. +31 6 46 12 0660 berkemeijer@symetrics.eu Mrs. Anneke Stolk, Corporate Secretary Tel. +31 34 671 5065 stolk@symetrics.eu

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