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Profit and loss attribution: An empirical study

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  • Solveig Flaig
  • Gero Junike

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The profit and loss (p&l) attrition for each business year into different risk or risk factors (e.g., interest rates, credit spreads, foreign exchange rate etc.) is a regulatory requirement, e.g., under Solvency 2. Three different decomposition principles are prevalent: one-at-a-time (OAT), sequential updating (SU) and average sequential updating (ASU) decompositions. In this research, using financial market data from 2003 to 2022, we demonstrate that the OAT decomposition can generate significant unexplained p&l and that the SU decompositions depends significantly on the order or labeling of the risk factors. On the basis of an investment in a foreign stock, we further explain that the SU decomposition is not able to identify all relevant risk factors. This potentially effects the hedging strategy of the portfolio manager. In conclusion, we suggest to use the ASU decomposition in practice.

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  • Solveig Flaig & Gero Junike, 2023. "Profit and loss attribution: An empirical study," Papers 2309.07667, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2023.
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