Regime-based tactical allocation for equity factors and balanced portfolios

dc.contributor.authorFlint, Emlyn James
dc.contributor.authorMare, Eben
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-29T13:16:33Z
dc.date.available2020-09-29T13:16:33Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIt is now an accepted fact that the majority of financial markets worldwide are neither normal nor constant, and South Africa is no exception. One idea that can be used to understand such markets and has been gaining popularity recently is that of regimes and regime-switching models. In this research, we consider whether regimes can add value to the asset allocation process. Four methods for regime identification—economic cycle variables, fundamental valuation metrics, technical market indicators and statistical regime-switching models—are discussed and tested on two asset universes—longonly South African equity factor returns and representative balanced portfolio asset class returns. We find several promising regime indicators and use these to create two regime-based tactical allocation frameworks. Out-of-sample testing on both the equity factor and balanced asset class data shows very promising results, with both regime-based tactical strategies outperforming their respective static benchmarks on an absolute return and risk-adjusted return basis. We also turn our attention to a potentially major recent development in the local fund management space; namely, the introduction of Capped Shareholder-Weighted indices as new benchmarks. We provide comparative analysis between the capped and uncapped Shareholder-Weighted indices in terms of sector weights, stock concentration, currency exposure and factor risk contributions.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMathematics and Applied Mathematicsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.actuarialsociety.org.za/assa-news/sa-actuarial-journal-and-articlesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFlint, E. & Maré, E. 2019, 'Regime-based tactical allocation for equity factors and balanced portfolios', South African Actuarial Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 27-52.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1680-2179
dc.identifier.other10.4314/saaj.v19i1.2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/76264
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherActuarial Society of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rights© Actuarial Society of South Africa. This article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en_ZA
dc.subjectTactical asset allocationen_ZA
dc.subjectEquity factorsen_ZA
dc.subjectBalanced portfoliosen_ZA
dc.subjectMarket regimesen_ZA
dc.subjectRegime-switching modelsen_ZA
dc.subjectTurbulence indexen_ZA
dc.subjectTechnical indicatorsen_ZA
dc.titleRegime-based tactical allocation for equity factors and balanced portfoliosen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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