Section 5 - R26 - Portfolio Performance Evaluation Flashcards
Performance Measure (Concept)
How was the portfolio’s performance?
- Absolute performance
- In excess over a benchmark return
Performance Attribution (Concept)
How was the portfolio performance achieved?
- Explain
- What portion was due to active manager decisions
- Decompose excess return and risk
Performance Appraisal (Concept)
Was the performance achieved through manager skill or luck?
It assesses the quality of a portfolio performance
Question: An EFFECTIVE performance attribution must… (List)
- Account for all of the portfolio’s risk and return
- Reflect the investment decision-making process
- Quantify the active decisions of the portfolio manager
- Provide a complete understanding of the excess risk / return
Performance Attribution Aspects in terms of Risk and Return (Explain)
- Return Attribution: Impact of active investment decisions on returns
- Risk Attribution: Analyzes the risk consequences of those decisions
Types of Performance Attribution (List and Explain)
- Returns Based: Easy. Uses Portfolio’s Total Return (over a period) + Identifies its sources.
- Holdings Based: Beggining of Period Holdings. All transactions assumed to occur at end of day. Accuracy improves when data has shorter intervals.
- Transactions Based: Holdings + Transactions -> Accurate trade results
a. Returns Based Attribution (Detail)
- Uses Total Portfolio Return
- Appropriate when underlying holdings information is not available
- Easy to implement
- Least Accurate
- Most vulnerable to data manipulation
b. Holdings Based Return (Detail)
- References beginning of period portfolio
- Fails to capture transaction data
- Most appropriate if turnover is low
c. Transactions Based Return (Detail)
- Uses both Holdings + Transactions info during specified period
- Most accurate, most difficult and time consuming to implement
Micro Attribution (Concept)
Drivers do retorno do manager + se estão consistentes com o processo de investimento
Macro Attribution (Concept)
Asset Owner’s tactical asset allocation and manager selection
+ Effect of the manager selection and timing decisions
(Vontade do dono em fugir do plano estratégico / SAA)
(a) Equity Attribution Measurement Approaches
- Brinson Hood Beebower (BHB):
- Brinson-Fachler (BF):
- Diferença: Alocação
- BF considers (ΔPw-Bw)*(rb-Rb)
- Exemplo: no BF, se eu over-aloquei em algo que performou mal, mas MENOS MAL que o benchmark, meu “valor adicionado” será positivo.
Differentiate BHB e BF
BHB: Allocation from an absolute (+) or (-) perspective
BF: Allocation from a relative perspective versus a total benchmark return
(b) Factor-Based Models (Concept)
- Decompose contributions to excess returns from factors
Carhart:
(Rp-Rf) = + b1RMRF + b2SMB + b3HML + b4WML + Erro
(c) Fixed Income Attribution Approaches (List)
- Exposure Decomposition: Top down. Compare various items against benchmark (duration, yield curve, sectors, active decisions).
- Yield Curve Decomposition: Duration based. Estimate impacts of ΔYield in Portfolio v. ΔYields impact in Benchmark
a. Calculate Total Return = % Income + % Price Change
Price Change = -ModDur*ΔYield
b. Difference = Effect of Active PM decisions
c. Yield Curve Decomposition
- Yield Curve Decomposition: Full Repricing
(c.1) Fixed Income: Exposure Decomposition (Describe)
Top down approach. Explain active management through a hierarchy of decisions from the top to the bottom.
(c.2) Fixed Income: Yield Curve Decomposition (Duration Based)
Duration based. Top-down or bottom up.
a. Calculate Total Return = % Income + % Price Change
Price Change = -ModDur*ΔYield
b. Difference = Effect of Active PM decisions
c. Yield Curve Decomposition
(c.3) Fixed Income: Yield Curve Decomposition (Full Repricing)
- Reprecifies all securities given ΔYield that actually happened (instead of estimates)
- Measure impact of those changes in portfolio’s returns
Note: Most complex
Risk Attribution
a. Absolute Mandates: identifies sources of volatility
b. Benchmark Relative: Identifies sources of tracking risk
Investment Decision Making Process: BOTTOM UP
BOTTOM UP: Contribuição Marginal, sempre
a. RELATIVE: p/ o Tracking Risk (Desvio do Benchmark)
b. ABSOLUTE: p/ o Total Risk
Investment Decision Making Process: TOP DOWN
Top Down: Attribute tracking risk to relative allocation and selection decision