Risk Management with Benchmarking

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Suleyman Basak

London Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Alex Shapiro

New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance

Lucie Tepla

INSEAD

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Date Written: December 2003

Abstract

Portfolio theory must address the fact that, in reality, portfolio managers are evaluated relative to a benchmark, and therefore adopt risk management practices to account for the benchmark performance. We capture this risk management consideration by allowing a pre-specified shortfall from a target benchmark-linked return, consistent with growing interest in such practice. In a dynamic setting, we demonstrate how a risk averse portfolio manager optimally under- or over-performs a target benchmark under different economic conditions, depending on his attitude towards risk and choice of the benchmark. The analysis therefore illustrates how investors can achieve their desired gain/loss characteristics for funds under management through an appropriate combined choice of the benchmark and money manager. We consider a variety of extensions, and also highlight the ability of our setting to shed some light on documented return patterns across segments of the money management industry.

Keywords: Benchmarking, Investments, Shortfall Risk, Tracking Errors, Value-at-Risk

Suggested Citation

Basak, Suleyman and Shapiro, Alex and Tepla, Lucie, Risk Management with Benchmarking (December 2003). NYU Working Paper No. FIN-03-048, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1299508

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