STOCHASTIC MODELS FOR ACTUARIAL USE:
THE EQUILIBRIUM MODELLING OF LOCAL MARKETS
Rob Thomson, Dmitri Gott
Hacettepe University
24th June 2011
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Agenda
Introduction Assumptions Prices and returns Notional risky assets Development of the model Summary of the model Parameter estimation Illustrative results
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Introduction
Predictive model of returns on the market portfolio Predictive equilibrium model of:
(real) returns on major asset categories(real) risk-free rates inflation rates(interdependent) factors(independent) notional risky assets
Descriptive estimation of the equilibrium model
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Agenda
Introduction Assumptions Prices and returns Notional risky assets Development of the model Summary of the model Parameter estimation Illustrative results
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Assumptions
The local market: default-free index-linked zero-coupon bonds; default-free conventional zero-coupon bonds;
and ‘equity’.
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Assumptions ctd.
Market participants: have homogeneous expectations are able to borrow or lend unlimited amounts at the same risk-free
return. The market is frictionless. At the end of a year means and variances of factors affecting the return
on each asset during the forthcoming year are known.‘return’: the aggregate instantaneous real rate of return.
At the beginning of the year, portfolios are selected by optimisation in mean–variance space so that the market is in equilibrium.
Conditional CAPM
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Agenda
Introduction Assumptions Prices and returns Notional risky assets Development of the model Summary of the model Parameter estimation Illustrative results
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Prices & returns
Index-linked (zero-coupon) bonds (Real) risk-free rate Conventional (zero-coupon) bonds Inflation Equity
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Index-linked bonds: price
The price at time t = 0,…, T of an index-linked bond maturing at time t + s is:
where:
T is the time horizon to which projections will be required;
is the expected value of , the aggregate force of return to maturity;
;
,1 1, ,2 2,
( ) exp ( )
exp ( ) 1 ( ) ( ) ;
I t It
It I t I t
P s Y s
f s b s b s
, ~ N(0,1);i t , ,cov , 0 for .i t k t i k
1, ,1 , 2, ,2 ,1 1
; ;N N
t i i t t i i ti i
a a
,1 ,21 1
;N N
i ii i
a a N
( )Itf s ( )ItY s
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Inflation
The average instantaneous rate of inflation during year t is:
where:
; 3, ;t t tb
3, ,3 ,1
;N
t i i ti
a
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.N
ii
a N
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Conventional bonds: price
The price at time t of a conventional bond maturing at time n is:
where:
4, ,4 , 5, ,5 ,1 1
; ;N N
t i i t t i i ti i
a a
,4 ,51 1
.N N
i ii i
a a N
;
,1 4, ,2 5,
( ) exp ( )
exp ( ) 1 ( ) ( ) ;
I t Ct
Ct C t C t
P s Y s
f s b s b s
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Constant inflation risk premium
The inflation risk premium
is constant, so that, for all t:
.t
; ;(0) (0)t C t I t
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Equity: price
The price of equity at time t is:
where:
; ; 1 ; ,1 6,exp ;E t E t E t E tP P b
6, ,6 ,1
;N
t i i ti
a
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.N
ii
a N
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Agenda
Introduction Assumptions Prices and returns Notional risky assets Development of the model Summary of the model Parameter estimation Illustrative results
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Notional risky assets: Total return
If there are N risky assets in a market and an investor maintains constant exposure wi (at market prices) to asset i during a year then, if all income is reinvested when received, the total return is:
where i is the aggregate return on asset i during that year.
1
;N
i ii
w
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Notional risky assets: No arbitrage
The returns on all asset categories are linear functions of the factors j,t.
The factors are linear functions of i,t.
The returns on the notional risky assets are linear functions of i,t.
The returns on all asset categories are therefore linear functions of the returns on the notional risky assets
Thus: portfolios of bonds and equities can be replicated out of the notional risky assets and vice versa
no arbitrage
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The Factors & the Market
Let:
Then it may be shown that:
, ; 1 , ;cov , .j M t t j t M t
, ; ; .j M t M t
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Agenda
Introduction Assumptions Prices and returns Notional risky assets Development of the model Summary of the model Parameter estimation Illustrative results
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Development of the model
The market price of covariance Index-linked bonds Conventional bonds Equity
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Development:The Market Price of CovarianceIn order for an asset
to satisfy the CAPM during year t, we require that:
where:
( ; , ), ( ; , ), ( ; )X I t n C t n E t
; ,(0) ;X I t t X Mk
; ;
2;
(0).M t I t
tM t
k
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Development: Index-linked bonds
For each index-linked bond:
where:
; ; , ;( ) (0) ( );I t I t t I M ts k s
, ; ; ; ,1 ,2( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ;I M t M t I t I Is f s b s b s
; 1 ;
;
; ,1 ,2
( 1) (0)( ) .
1 ( ) ( )I t I t
I t
t M t I I
Y sf s
k b s b s
1 1 2 2( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )It It It I t I ts s f s b s b s
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Development: Conventional bonds
For each conventional bond:
where:
; ; , ;( ) (0) ( );C t I t t C M ts k s
, ; ; ; ,1 ,2( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ;I M t M t I t I Is f s b s b s
; 1 ;
;
; ,1 ,2
( 1) (0)( ) .
1 ( ) ( )I t I t
I t
t M t I I
Y sf s
k b s b s
3 1 4 2 5( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )It Ct t It C t C ts s b f s b s b s
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Development: Equity
For equity:
where:
; ; , ;(0) ;E t I t t E M tk
, ; ,1 ; .E M t E M tb
1 6Et Et E tb
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Agenda
Introduction Assumptions Prices and returns Notional risky assets Development of the model Summary of the model Parameter estimation Illustrative results
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Equilibrium Model: Summary: ParametersThe parameters required are: for all required values of s :
; and
for i = 1,…, N and j = 1,…, 6:
,0 ,0( ) and ( );I CY s Y s
,1 ,2 ,1 ,2( ), ( ), ( ) and ( ); I I C Cb s b s b s b s
;b
,1;Eb
, .i ja
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Equilibrium Model: Summary: Variables
1, 1t
; (0)I t
;M t ;M t
tk , ; ( )I M t s
, ; ( )C M t s
; ( )I t s ; ( )C t s ;E t
, ; ( )C M t s
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Equilibrium Model: Summary: Variables
,i t
;t ,j t
1, 1t
; (0)I t
;M t ;M t
tk , ; ( )I M t s
, ; ( )C M t s
; ( )I t s ; ( )C t s ;E t
, ; ( )C M t s
; 1( )C tY s
; 1( )I tY s
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Equilibrium Model: Summary: Variables
,i t
;t ,j t
1, 1t
; (0)I t
;M t ;M t
tk , ; ( )I M t s
, ; ( )C M t s
; ( )I t s ; ( )C t s ;E t
;E t; ( )I t s ; ( )C t s
; ( )I tY s
, ; ( )C M t s
; 1( )C tY s
; 1( )I tY s
; ( )C tY s
;t
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Summary of the model
The equilibrium model: allows for any type of model of the market portfolio models bonds, ‘equity’ and inflation maintains equilibrium each year is arbitrage-free is linear uses discrete time but allows for intra-year variability assumes mean–variance decision-making uses a conditional CAPM focuses on a local market
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Agenda
Introduction Assumptions Prices and returns Notional risky assets Development of the model Summary of the model Parameter estimation Illustrative results
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Parameter estimation:Variables used for various asset classes Equity: FTSE All-Share TRI Conventional and Index-Linked Bonds: UK
DMO zero-coupon curves Inflation: UK retail prices index
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Parameter estimation:MethodologyMarket-portfolio model:
(0) for (0) 0;
(0) otherwise.It It
MtIt
g h
Mt M
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Parameter estimation:Methodology Market-portfolio return parameters estimated
using:historical returns on equities and zero-coupon
bonds of different maturitieshistorical market capitalisation of equity and bond
markets future payments on bonds decomposed into zero-
coupon bonds, split by year of payment
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Parameter estimation:Methodology (ctd.) Market price of risk (price of covariance)
Expected return on market portfolio is a multiple of risk-free return (regression)
Standard deviation is assumed constant
Expected returns on assets are derived from historical covariance with market portfolio returns and MPR
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Parameter estimation:Methodology (ctd.) Parameters of interest rate models are derived
from:yield curve at the estimation datePCA of deviations of zcb returns from expected
Inflation risk premiumarbitrary at presentarea for further research
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Agenda
Introduction Assumptions Prices and returns Notional risky assets Development of the model Summary of the model Parameter estimation Illustrative results
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Illustrative results
10 000 simulations for each economic variable 20-year projection mean and 95% CI
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Illustrative results: inflation
-0.10
-0.05
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Year
95% CI
Mean
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Illustrative results: equity
-0.4
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Year
95% CI
Mean
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Illustrative results: long-term index-linked bond yield
-0.01
0.00
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Year
95% CI
Mean
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Illustrative results: short-term index-linked bonds
-0.01
0.00
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
0.06
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Year
95% CI
Mean
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Illustrative results: long-term conventional bond yield
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
0.16
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Year
95% CI
Mean
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Illustrative results: short-term conventional bond yield
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
0.16
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Year
95% CI
Mean
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Conclusion
The equilibrium model: allows for any type of model of the market portfolio models bonds, ‘equity’ and inflation maintains equilibrium each year is arbitrage-free is linear uses discrete time but allows for intra-year variability assumes mean–variance decision-making uses a conditional CAPM focuses on a local market