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This resource delves into risk metrics aiming to bridge understanding across diverse audiences including internal and external stakeholders. It explores risk/return profiles, economic surplus concepts, leverage, and additional risk metrics, emphasizing the importance of tailored communication through graphics. Strengths and weaknesses of various strategies are discussed to enable better risk management practices.
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Risk Metrics CS-18 Max J. Rudolph, FSA CFA RHU FLMI MAAA Vice President and Actuary Mutual of Omaha Enterprise Risk Management July 29, 2003
Risk Metrics Audience • Key individuals have differing backgrounds, education, perspectives and goals • internal audiences • senior corporate management • actuarial, accounting and investment professionals • external audiences • securities analysts, rating agencies, regulators • Absence of common risk management language • Graphics are the key…but not always
Risk/Return Profile OAVDE42,296
Alternative Investment Strategy OAVDE27,000
Strengths distribution of returns identify challenging scenarios tail of distribution is “THE RISK” test hedges compare against deterministic scenarios provide summary statistics mean, median, quartiles Weaknesses scenarios must cover universe - do they? model run time accuracy doesn’t always follow large volumes of data - GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) Risk/Return Profile
Economic Surplus • Difference between the market value of cash inflows and outflows • asset and premium cash flows are combined • liability cash flows • Spirit of fair value accounting • DS = DL + (DA-DL) * MVA/MVS • DS,DA,DL duration of surplus,assets,liabilities • MVA,MVS market value of (all) assets,surplus • Mismatch DA-DL • Leverage MVA/MVS
Strengths drives duration/convexity puts assets and liabilities on level playing field you can’t eat a rate - based on cash flows create values at lowest level - can roll up intrinsic value - starting point for market value discussion Weaknesses learning curve see David Babbel papers model run time sensitive to interest rates reliance on canned software Economic Surplus
Additional Risk Metrics • Internally measured liquidity ratio • RBC diversification ratio • Key Rate (Partial) Durations
The key is to use multiple tools, leverage off of what you are already doing and know your audience (graphics)