The Estimation and Application of Value at Risk in Mutual Fund Shean-Bii Chiu * Ching-Pei Lin ** Tzung-Ting Yang *** Abstract This article uses several approaches to evaluate Value at Risk (VaR) of mutual funds in Taiwan, and presents an application of VaR to asset allocation on mutual fund portfolio. The result shows that the best approach is NAV (Net Asset Value) method of Historical Simulation approach and the second best is EWMA (Exponential Weighted Moving Average) method of Variance-Covariance approach. Furthermore, from the outcome of sensitivity analysis of the portfolio compositions, in order to maintain accuracy of VaR, we suggest the risk manager must dynamically adjust the weight of each security in the portfolio. In the aspect of the application of VaR, we replace standard deviation with VaR to establish efficient frontier called MvaR (Mean-Value-at-Risk) efficient frontier. After depicting MV (Mean-Variance) and MvaR on the same picture, we find MvaR efficient frontier is better in terms of downside risk than MV efficient frontier. Keywords Mutual Funds, Value at Risk, Efficient Frontier * Tel (02)2363-0231 ext. 2980 Fax (02)2366-1255 E-mail chiushnb@mba.ntu.edu.tw ** *** Tel (02)2755-1234 ext. 612 Fax (02)2708-6658 E-mail albert.yang@ui.com.tw 1
1 Makowitz (Market Portfolio) (Maximum Possible Loss) (Value at Risk) 2 Jorion (1996) Lu and et al. (2000) PaR (Project at Risk) BOT BOT BOT Dowd (1999) IVaR (Incremental VaR) 1 : http://be1.udnnews.com/2001/4/22/news/stock/fund-futures 2 1993 (Basle Supervisory Committee) standard model 2
Murray (1999) BRVaR (Benchmark-Relative Value at Risk) Chow and Kritzman (2001) Risk Budget 3 Duarte and Alcantara (1999) 15 4 (2000) MVaR 3 Risk Budget 3
PR (1) 88 1 5 89 12 31 539 (2) 88 1 5 89 12 30 537 89 12 4 88 1 5 89 12 31 539 ( ) - 4 20 2001 4
(Covariance Matrix) -- - 5 6 ( weight matrix) (RP) 88 1 5 89 12 30 537 ( Covariance Matrix) J.P Morgan 7 1-95% 99% EWMA VaR(t 1, (1- )% t 2 (1- )% 5 6 Kolmogorov-Smirnov 7 =0.94 5
1 - I. Variance-Covariance Approach I. Variance-Covariance A (1)Standard Deviation (2)EWMA (1)Standard Deviation VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(30,0.05) VaR(30,0.01) VaR(30,0 $1.65 $2.33 $1.96 $2.76 $9.03 $12.75 $ $2.53 $3.57 $2.99 $4.22 $13.85 $19.56 $ $2.10 $2.97 $2.48 $3.51 $11.52 $16.27 $ $1.73 $2.44 $1.92 $2.71 $9.46 $13.36 $ $2.12 $2.99 $2.46 $3.47 $11.60 $16.39 $ $1.38 $1.95 $1.57 $2.21 $7.58 $10.70 $2.66 $3.76 $3.20 $4.52 $14.57 $20.58 $ $2.82 $3.99 $3.49 $4.93 $15.47 $21.84 $ $2.29 $3.24 $3.05 $4.31 $12.56 $17.74 $ $2.47 $3.48 $3.19 $4.50 $13.51 $19.08 $ * - (Standard Deviation) (EWMA) *VaR(t, ) t (1- )% * $100 6
2 II. Historical Simulation II. Historical Simula (1)Portfolio (2)NAV (1)Portfolio VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(30,0.05) VaR(30,0.01) VaR(30,0 $1.51 $2.76 $2.73 $4.57 $8.25 $15.12 $ $2.42 $4.43 $3.14 $5.09 $13.27 $24.24 $ $2.01 $4.12 $3.42 $4.95 $10.99 $22.57 $ $1.77 $2.84 $2.78 $4.74 $9.67 $15.58 $ $2.18 $3.73 $3.33 $4.74 $11.94 $20.44 $ $1.18 $2.49 $3.60 $5.48 $6.46 $13.64 $ $2.67 $4.60 $3.03 $5.10 $14.63 $25.22 $ $2.73 $5.06 $3.28 $4.85 $14.94 $27.71 $ $2.18 $3.80 $3.13 $4.56 $11.91 $20.83 $ $2.48 $4.17 $3.37 $5.42 $13.60 $22.81 $ * (Portfolio) (NAV) *VaR(t, ) t (1- )% * $100 7
t 2 VaR( t2, α) = VaR( t1, α) t 1 100 100 1 ( ) - - - 8 9 n n (Portfolio method) 100 95% (Net Asset Value; NAV) 10 (NAV method) 2 100 1 8 (Portfolio Method) (NAV Method) 9 10 8
- ( ) (process) 10,000 3 3 III. Monte Carlo Simulation Normal Dist III. Monte Carlo Simulation Normal Dist VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(30,0.05) VaR(30,0.01) $1.71 $2.34 $9.35 $12.82 $2.39 $3.53 $13.11 $19.33 $2.03 $2.82 $11.15 $15.47 $1.68 $2.39 $9.20 $13.12 $2.11 $2.69 $11.57 $14.74 $1.50 $2.09 $8.21 $11.47 $2.67 $4.00 $14.65 $21.93 $2.72 $4.26 $14.92 $23.35 $2.24 $3.03 $12.25 $16.60 $2.46 $3.40 $13.47 $18.64 *VaR(t, ) t (1- )% * $100 9
( ) 4 - (EWMA) 4 I. Variance-Covariance Approach (1)Standard Deviation (2)EWMA VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) $2.6610 $3.7576 $3.2037 $4.5240 (1)Portfolio II. Historical Simulation (2)NAV VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) $2.6704 $4.6038 $3.0269 $5.0978 VaR(1,0.05) III. Monte Carlo Simulation VaR(1,0.01) $2.6749 $4.0030 *VaR(t, ) t (1- )% * $100-10
5 III. Mon I. Variance-Covariance Approach II. Historical Simulation Simu (1)Standard (2)EWMA (1)Portfolio (2)NAV Norm Deviation VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) 67 38 55 25 76 25 25 4 65 48 15 26 9 51 7 24 4 51 67 31 51 24 72 16 26 4 70 82 38 70 27 80 23 25 4 86 59 31 46 20 57 13 25 4 59 113 72 98 63 135 54 25 4 104 37 14 20 8 37 7 25 5 37 35 14 20 4 38 4 24 4 38 57 23 26 9 64 16 25 4 63 56 24 32 10 54 14 25 4 56 * 88 3 4 89 12 30 500 * 11
( ) Basle Committee (1996) (Back Test) 88 3 4 89 12 30 500 5-500 95% 25 99% 5 Z score = X T α T T α ( 1 α) X T T (1- )% 95% 99% 11 6 7 8 - Z-score 6-11 12
7 95% 99% 99% 8 - -- --? 6 - I. Variance-Covariance Approach (1)Standard Deviation (2)EWMA VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) 8.62 14.83 6.16 8.99 4.72 4.49 0.21 1.80 8.62 11.69 5.34 8.54 11.70 14.83 9.23 9.89 6.98 11.69 4.31 6.74 18.06 30.11 14.98 26.07 2.46 4.05-1.03 1.35 2.05 4.05-1.03-0.45 6.57 8.09 0.21 1.80 6.36 8.54 1.44 2.25 * 88 3 4 89 12 30 500 *95% 1.96 99% 2.57 13
7 (1)Portfolio II. Historical Simulation (2)NAV VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) 10.46 8.99 0.00-0.45 5.34 0.90-0.21-0.45 9.64 4.94 0.21-0.45 11.29 8.09 0.00-0.45 6.57 3.60 0.00-0.45 22.57 22.02 0.00-0.45 2.46 0.90 0.00 0.00 2.67-0.45-0.21-0.45 8.00 4.94 0.00-0.45 5.95 4.05 0.00-0.45 * 88 3 4 89 12 30 500 *95% 1.96 99% 2.57 8 III. Monte Carlo Simulation VaR(1,0.05) VaR(1,0.01) 8.21 14.38 5.34 4.49 9.23 13.03 12.52 15.73 6.98 16.18 16.21 27.87 2.46 3.15 2.67 3.60 7.80 9.44 6.36 8.99 * 88 3 4 89 12 30 500 *95% 1.96 99% 2.57 14
( ) 9 89 12 68.72% 9 20% 1.2 0.6872*1.2 82.46% 31.28% 17.54% 9 99% 15% 4.2928 3.7314 15.05% 9 III. Monte I. Variance-Covariance II. Historical Carlo Approach Simulation Simulation (1)Standard (2)EWMA Portfolio Normal Dist Deviation 20% $3.5903 $4.1627 $4.4799 $3.5074 15% $3.4407 $3.9890 $4.2928 $3.3613 10% $3.2911 $3.8153 $4.1057 $3.2151 5% $3.1415 $3.6416 $3.9185 $3.0689 0% $2.9919 $3.4679 $3.7314 $2.9228-5% $2.8423 $3.2942 $3.5443 $2.5557-10% $2.6927 $3.1205 $3.3571 $2.4212 * 10% 1.2 * * VaR(1,0.05) 100 15
10 10% 24 1.2 16 10 I. Variance-Covariance Approach (1)Standard II. Historical Simulation III. Monte Carlo Simulation Deviation (2)EWMA Portfolio Normal Dist 20% 19 10 8 20 15% 20 10 10 24 10% 27 13 10 29 5% 29 16 12 30 0% 31 20 13 34-5% 37 27 20 44-10% 41 29 24 46 * 88 3 4 89 12 30 500 11 Z-score I. Variance-Covariance Approach (1)Standard Deviation II. Historical Simulation III. Monte Carlo Simulation (2)EWMA Portfolio Normal Dist 20% 6.29 2.25 1.35 6.74 15% 6.74 2.25 2.25 8.54 10% 9.89 3.60 2.25 10.79 5% 10.79 4.94 3.15 11.24 0% 11.69 6.74 3.60 13.03-5% 14.38 9.89 6.74 17.53-10% 16.18 10.79 8.54 18.43 * 88 3 4 89 12 30 500 *95% 1.96 99% 2.57 16
11-1.15 1.20 1.10 1.15 1.20 MV MVaR MV MVaR MV 12 12 w = 1 i n w i i= 1 17
σ 2 p = [ w w Kw ] 1 2 n 2 σ 1σ 12σ 13Kσ 1n w1 2 σ w 21σ 2σ 23Lσ 2n 2 MO M 2 σ n n n L n w 1σ 2σ 3 σ n 13 σ p = w' Σ w W 95% 14 =-1.65 VaR p [ w w' ] W 1 VaR p = α 2 MV MVaR 1 MV MV MVaR MV MVaR MV MVaR 13 - w 14-18
1 ( ) *MV2 1.65 MV MVaR MVaR *MV2 1.65 MVaR 1 J. P. Morgan RiskMetrics TM 19
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