Economic Data Sciences PRO
Understandable A.I.
Understandable Artificial Intelligence
Overview
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EDS was given 2 sample portfolios by a UK pension fund advisor. Since only the asset weights were known, EDS tool deducted investors' preferences and the goals of each fund
- Portfolios were optimized using combined holdings and Passive Indexes
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The goal in the second portfolio was to increase exposure to U.K. inflation
- We show how EDS software increases that exposure while attempting to keep other metrics stable
Balance Every Risk and Opportunity
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The most powerful portion of our tool is the ability to balance every risk and opportunity included
at the same time
- When optimizing a fund, EDS tool focuses on the following:
- Maximizing units of return for every unit of risk
- Maintaining likely investment preferences
- Using this approach ensures to get the most from each trade-off
Enhanced Insights With A.I.
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Many of the details in these portfolios were hidden. Using our tool we back out some initial estimates
- Our A.I. was given relatively little about these portfolios
- In a real world scenario these insights should be reviewed and validated by human team members
- The purpose of our approach is always to be working in tandem
- Duration Decomposition
- Using given data we can back-out the asset duration (rate/inflation)
- Using our A.I. we can extend that to the LDI portfolio and return seeking portfolio
- We estimate ~40-42 year interest rate duration for LDI
Extended Insights With A.I.
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Our tool compares the relationships between factors and trade-offs
- In these examples, this provides some powerful benefits
- In many cases duration targets are set by mandate
- We look beyond that to illustrate other possible insights
- Groups and types
- Interest rate and inflation exposure are important to managing these types of portfolios
- Our A.I. can look at factors in isolation but more importantly together
- This allows us to look at groups like global interest rates or inflation and almost any other
Client 1 Solution Funds
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- Funds were selected between the 2 client funds and passive indexes
*Data from EDS, Redington, & Bloomberg, courtesy of London Business School
Portfolio Metrics
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Risk Exposures
- EDS solution maintains similar exposure to risks
- Any of these can be adjusted depending on actual client preferences
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Current Portfolio EDS Solution
Current Portfolio EDS Solution
Standard Deviation Decomposition
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Current Portfolio EDS Solution
*Data from EDS, Redington, & Bloomberg, courtesy of London Business School
Factor Risk Decomposition
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Current Portfolio EDS Solution
Portfolio Optimization
Client 2
Opportunistic Range Seeking
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Given the approach of our tool, it is possible to extract existing implicit preferences from a portfolio. We can then build on these and opportunistically seek other objectives or avoid risks
- In this example we focus on increasing exposure to U.K. inflation
- Using our estimate of implied preferences we then scale up this objective
- We can see the A.I. opportunisically finding the best available trade-offs at each point.
- These spectrums are often not smooth
- This highlights the power of our tool as it can find these 'non-convex' or 'hidden' solutions
Portfolio Metrics
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Conclusion
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We seek to add value to your process and team with an innovative and powerful suite of customized tools
- Let your human team focus on more valueable work than data cleaning and search
- Machine Learning can point them to new insights more efficiently
- Combining models allows for a more complete view of risk
- A deeper understanding of the connection between models
- Keeping better balance
- No human can keep track of everything, we believe A.I. can supplement the process and provide more informed decision making an
Disclaimers
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Please remember that past performance may not be indicative of future results. Different types of
investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that the future performance
of any specific investment, investment strategy, or product made reference to directly or indirectly in this
presentation, will be profitable, equal any corresponding indicated historical performance level(s),
or be suitable for an individual's portfolio.
Our projections are based on current market conditions which can vary over the coming months and weeks. Additionally, our projections are based on historical market behavior which
may vary unexpectedly. Using Machine Learning, our tool should adjust to new market fluctuations but we might not be able to avoid short term volatility.
Get In Touch
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