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1 Topic Two: Asset Allocation: Decisions & Strategies Keith Brown
2 The Asset Allocation Decision A basic decision that every investor must make is how to distribute his or her investable funds amongst the various asset classes available in the marketplace: Stocks (e.g., Domestic, Global, Large Cap, Small Cap, Value, Growth) Fixed-Income (e.g., Government, Investment Grade, High Yield) Cash Equivalents (e.g., T-bills, Bank Deposits, Commercial Paper) Alternative Assets (e.g., Private Equity, Hedge Funds) Real Estate (e.g., Residential, Commercial) Collectibles (e.g., Art, Antiques) The Strategic (or Benchmark) allocation is the proportion of wealth the investor decides to place in each of these asset classes. It is sometimes also referred to as the investor s long-term normal allocation because it is presumed to be the baseline allocation that will remain in place until the investor s life circumstances change appreciably (e.g., retirement) 2-1 Asset Allocation for Chile AFPs July
3 Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations 2-3 Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations (cont.) 2-4
4 Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations (cont.) University Endowments (Average): 2-5 Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations (cont.) University Endowments (Large (Q4) vs. Small (Q1) AUM): 2-6
5 Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations (cont.) University of Texas General Endowment Fund (GEF): Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations (cont.) University of Texas General Endowment Fund (GEF): 2-8
6 Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations (cont.) Public Retirement Fund (Teacher Retirement System of Texas): 2-9 TRS: The Need for an All Weather Portfolio ( ) Frequency Stagnant GDP, Low CPI 13% of observations Global Equity: -15.4% Stable Value: +19.2% Real Return: -6.2% Favorable GDP & CPI 66% of observations Global Equity: +15.9% Stable Value: +7.5% Real Return: +9.4% Q08 3Q08 2Q09 3% 5% 7% 9% 1Q09 1% US CPI YOY Chg -1% -3% & less US GDP YOY Chg Low GDP, High CPI 21% of observations Global Equity: 0.3% Stable Value: +6.8% Real Return: +10.4% 2-10
7 Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations (cont.) Public Retirement Fund (Texas Teacher Retirement System): Note: Returns and Asset Class Performance are highly regime dependent ( ) In flatio n HIGH LOW Growth HIGH LOW 36 Return Volatility Sharpe 28 Return Volatility Sharpe Stock 11.8% 15.26% 0.8 Stock 6.1% 17.56% 0.3 Credit 3.2% 6.43% 0.5 Credit 6.5% 12.39% 0.5 Treasury 4.2% 3.76% 1.1 Treasury 9.1% 6.41% 1.4 Commodity 25.1% 17.80% 1.4 Commodity 20.1% 30.79% 0.7 High Yield 7.7% 5.34% 1.4 High Yield 1.1% 9.52% 0.1 REITS 11.3% 2.50% 4.5 REITS 12.3% 3.49% Return Volatility Sharpe 30 Return Volatility Sharpe Stock 15.4% 14.98% 1.0 Stock 4.4% 19.86% 0.2 Credit 8.4% 6.39% 1.3 Credit 15.3% 7.57% 2.0 Treasury 6.6% 4.31% 1.5 Treasury 13.1% 4.45% 2.9 Commodity 10.1% 16.60% 0.6 Commodity -12.5% 23.76% -0.5 High Yield 9.9% 6.05% 1.6 High Yield 7.1% 13.70% 0.5 REITS 9.9% 3.16% 3.1 REITS 5.4% 5.11% 1.0 INFLATION HIGH LOW GROWTH HIGH LOW HG-HI Weights LG-HI Weights Stock 18.9% Stock 0.0% Credit 0.0% Credit 0.0% Treasury 0.0% Treasury 0.0% Commodity 54.9% Commodity 27.6% High Yield 0.0% High Yield 0.0% REITS 26.2% REITS 72.4% HG-LI Weights LG-LI Weights Stock 61.6% Stock 0.0% Credit 0.0% Credit 100.0% Treasury 0.0% Treasury 0.0% Commodity 16.4% Commodity 0.0% High Yield 0.0% High Yield 0.0% REITS 22.0% REITS 0.0% 2-11 Examples of Strategic Asset Allocations (cont.) Public Retirement Fund (Texas Teacher Retirement System): Suggested Policy Current Policy Pre 2007 Policy 8% Target Global Equity US Large Cap 20% 36% 4% US Small Cap 5% 11% 9% EAFE Unhedged 15% 12% 8% Emerging Markets 10% 1% 9% Private Equity 10% 4% 16% Total Global Equity 60% 64% 46% Stable Value Cash 1% 1% 1% US Aggregate 0% 28% 0% US Treasurys Intermediate 0% 0% 0% US Treasurys Long 15% 0% 0% US Investment Grade Credit 0% 0% 0% US High Yield 0% 2% 2% WGBI ex US Unhedged 0% 0% 0% Bank Loans 0% 0% 0% Emerging Market Debt 0% 0% 32% Hedge Funds 4% 2% 0% Total Stable Value 20% 33% 35% Real Return Real Assets 5% 0% 0% REITS 0% 0% 9% Direct Real Estate 5% 3% 1% Value Added Real Estate 5% 0% 5% US TIPS 0% 0% 0% Global Inflation Linked Bonds 5% 0% 0% Gold 0% 0% 0% Commodities 0% 0% 3% Total Real Return 20% 3% 18% Total Fund 100% 100% 99% 2-12
8 The Importance of the Asset Allocation Decision In an influential article published in Financial Analysts Journal in July/August 1986, Gary Brinson, Randolph Hood, and Gilbert Beebower examined the issue of how important the initial strategic allocation decision was to an investor They looked at quarterly return data for 91 pension funds over a ten-year period and decomposed the average returns as follows: Actual Overall Return (IV) Return due to Strategic Allocation (I) Return due to Strategic Allocation and Market Timing (II) Return due to Strategic Allocation and Security Selection (III) 2-13 The Importance of the Asset Allocation Decision (cont.) Graphically: In terms of return performance, they found that: 2-14
9 The Importance of the Asset Allocation Decision (cont.) In terms of return variation: Ibbotson and Kaplan support this conclusion, but argue that the importance of the strategic allocation decision does depend on how you look at return variation (i.e., 40%, 90%, or 100%) Components of University Endowment Returns Notice that over time, university endowment returns (R) exceed their benchmark (R B ) by 165 basis points. Of this 165 basis points of outperformance, 148 is due to security selection (R S ) and 17 is due to market timing (R T ) 2-16
10 Components of University Endowment Returns (cont.) To see how much of the overall endowment return is explained by the various components, consider several versions of the following regression: R = a + br k + e, where k = B, T, or S When this regression is run for a single fund over several years, the vast majority (74.2%) of the variation in total returns is explained by the strategic asset allocation decision. This is comparable to the Brinson et al result for pension funds However, when the evaluating the cross-sectional performance of a group of funds during a single year, the security selection decision is almost five time more important that the asset allocation decision (72.8% vs. 15.3%) Asset Allocation and Building an Investment Portfolio I. Global Market Analysis - Asset Class Allocation - Country Allocation Within Asset Classes II. Industry/Sector Analysis - Sector Analysis Within Asset Classes III. Security Analysis - Security Analysis Within Asset Classes and Sectors 2-18
11 Asset Allocation Strategies Strategic Asset Allocation: The investor s baseline asset allocation, taking into account his or her return requirements, risk tolerance, and investment constraints. Tactical Asset Allocation: Adjustments to the investor s strategic allocation caused by perceived relative mis-valuations amongst the available asset classes. Ordinarily, tactical strategies overweight the undervalued asset class. Also known as market timing strategies. Insured Asset Allocation: Adjustments to the investor s strategic allocation caused by perceived changes in the investor s risk tolerance. Usually, the asset class that experiences the largest relative decline is underweighted. Portfolio insurance is a wellknown application of this approach Sharpe s Integrated Asset Allocation Model C1 Capital Market Conditions I1 Investor Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth C2 Prediction Procedure I2 Investor's Risk Tolerance Function C3 Expected Returns, Risk and Correlations I3 Investor's Risk Tolerance M1 Optimizer M2 Investor's Asset Mix M3 Returns 2-20
12 Sharpe s Integrated Asset Allocation Model (cont.) Notice that the feedback loops after the performance assessment box (M3) make the portfolio management process dynamic in nature. The strategic asset allocation process can be viewed as going through the model once and then removing boxes (C2) and (I2), thus removing any temporary adjustments to the baseline allocation. Tactical asset allocation effectively removes box (I2), but allows for allocation adjustments due to perceived changes in capital market conditions (C2). Insured asset allocation effectively removes box (C2), but allows for allocation adjustments due to perceived changes in investor risk tolerance conditions (I2) Measuring Gains from Tactical Asset Allocation Example: Consider the following return and allocation characteristics for a portfolio consisting of stocks and bonds only. Stock Bond Allocation: Strategic 60% 40% Actual Returns: Benchmark 10% 7% Actual 9 8 The returns to active management (i.e., tactical and security selection) are: Policy Performance: (.6)(.10) + (.4)(.07) = 8.80% Actual Performance: (.5)(.09) + (.5)(.08) = 8.50% Active Return = - 30 bp 2-22
13 Measuring Gains from Tactical Asset Allocation (cont.) Also: (Policy & Timing): (.5)(.10) + (.5)(.07) = 8.50% (Policy & Selection): (.6)(.09) + (.4)(.08) = 8.60% so: Timing Effect: = -0.30% Selection Effect: = -0.20% Other: = +0.20% Total Active = -0.30% 2-23 Example of Tactical Asset Allocation: Fidelity Investments 2-24
14 Example of Performance & Tactical Asset Allocation: Texas Teacher Retirement System Texas TRS Attribution Analysis: 1/1/08 3/31/
15 Example of Relative Performance: UTIMCO Example of Tactical Asset Allocation: UTIMCO 2-28
16 Attribution Analysis Example: UTIMCO Tactical Allocations 2-29 UTIMCO Cumulative Alpha: 9/1/02 1/31/
17 The MBA Investment Fund Attribution Analysis: 3/1/05 2/28/06 Over this period, both the Growth (+814 bp) and Value (+548) Portfolios outperformed their respective benchmarks by a significant amount Notice that this Attribution Analysis is calculated in a slightly different way; it isolates the Allocation Effect more precisely by including a third term (i.e., Interaction Effect) 2-31 The MBA Investment Fund Attribution Analysis: 3/1/06 2/28/07 Over this period, both the Growth (-219 bp) and Value (-442 bp) Portfolios underperformed their respective benchmarks by a significant amount 2-32
18 The MBA Investment Fund Attribution Analysis: 3/1/08 2/28/09 Over this period, the Growth (+219 bp) Portfolios outperformed its benchmark by a significant amount 2-33
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