This document explores the predictive power of the yield curves in Latin America (Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile) taking into account the factors set by the specifications of Nelson & Siegel and Svensson. Several forecasting methodologies are contrasted: an autoregressive model, a vector...

Since correlation may be interpreted as a measure of the influence across time-series, it may be conveniently mapped into a distance and into a weighted adjacency matrix. Based on such matrix, network theory has attempted to filter out the noise in correlation matrices by extracting the dominant...

This paper approaches active management of baskets of currencies from the perspectiveof Complexity theory, where the market is analysed as a Complex Adaptive system. Abasket of currencies is constructed using objective probabilities (propensities) and anartificial intelligence optimization...

Bajo el supuesto de que una serie de retornos es independiente e idénticamente distribuida (IID), la dimensión temporal del riesgo es irrelevante. De esta forma, la volatilidad calculada sobre un intervalo de tiempo (e.g. mensual) puede ser estimada a partir de la calculada sobre otro...

First developed by Markowitz (1952), the mean-variance framework is the most widespread theoretical approximation to the portfolio problem. Nevertheless, successful application in the investment community has been limited. Assumptions such as normality of returns and a static correlation matrix...

La práctica sobre políticas de inversión diferencia entre la definición de la composición del portafolio de referencia de largo plazo o benchmark y de los mecanismos de desviación en el corto plazo respecto a ese portafolio, en lo que se conoce como asignación estratégica de activos y...

We present an investment process that: (i) decomposes securities into risk factors; (ii) allows for the construction of portfolios of assets that would selectively expose the manager to desired risk factors; (iii) perform a risk allocation between these portfolios, allowing for tracking error...

Abstract Whilst emphasis has been given to short-term dependence of financial returns, long-term dependence remains overlooked. Despite financial literature provides evidence of long-term´s memory existence, serial-independence assumption prevails. This document´s long-term dependence...

Es una práctica muy difundida el multiplicar la desviación estándar por la raíz del tiempo para escalarla a otros plazos. Así, con base en la estimación de la desviación estándar o del VaR (Value at Risk) diario, es usual obtener la desviación estándar o el VaR para un periodo de diez...

The most recent global financial crisis (2008-2009) highlighted the importance of systemic risk and promoted academic interest to develop a wide set of warning indicators, which are mechanisms to identify systemically important institutions and global systemic risk indexes. Using the methodology...