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Portfolio risk allocation through Shapley value

Computational Finance 2021-03-10 v1 Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Econometrics Optimization and Control

Abstract

We argue that using the Shapley value of cooperative game theory as the scheme for risk allocation among non-orthogonal risk factors is a natural way of interpreting the contribution made by each of such factors to overall portfolio risk. We discuss a Shapley value scheme for allocating risk to non-orthogonal greeks in a portfolio of derivatives. Such a situation arises, for example, when using a stochastic volatility model to capture option volatility smile. We also show that Shapley value allows for a natural method of interpreting components of enterprise risk measures such as VaR and ES. For all applications discussed, we derive explicit formulas and / or numerical algorithms to calculate the allocations.

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@article{arxiv.2103.05453,
  title  = {Portfolio risk allocation through Shapley value},
  author = {Patrick S. Hagan and Andrew Lesniewski and Georgios E. Skoufis and Diana E. Woodward},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.05453},
  year   = {2021}
}

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15 pages

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