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Bank of Singapore unveils new asset allocation framework

It promotes diversification and focuses on minimising loss in the worst-case scenarios.

Bank of Singapore has announced a new asset allocation framework, developed after a year-long study and stress testing of 120,000 portfolios.

The strategic asset allocation (SAA) framework adopts a “robust optimisation” technique” which aims to create investment portfolios adapted to withstand market uncertainties. This enables it to deliver more stable returns, the BOS said in a statement.

The SAA framework has been applied in portfolios across five risk profiles— conservative, moderate, balanced, growth, and aggressive.

Dr. Owi Ruivivar, chief portfolio strategist, led the year-long study and testing of 120,000 portfolios.

BOS said that robust optimisation addresses the limitations of two common techniques used by private banks: mean-variance optimisation (MVO) and market cap-weighted benchmarks.

“It promotes greater diversification across asset classes to reduce risks and focuses on minimising the potential loss in the worst-case scenario to reduce the performance gap between expected (best-case) and worst-case scenarios,” BOS said.

In contrast, MVO underperforms when actual market conditions diverge from forecasts, as it requires accurate forecasts.

Portfolios constructed using the market cap-weighted benchmarks approach tend to be heavily concentrated in the US market, which can be less than ideal given the current environment, it said.

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