Arbeitspapier

Liquidity, risk, and return: Specifying an objective function for the management of foreign reserves

An objective function is a key component of a strategic portfolio management model used to determine the optimal allocations of assets and, possibly, their associated liabilities over some investment horizon. The author discusses investment philosophies and perspectives for the management of foreign reserves, and investigates how to translate the three common policy objectives for reserves (liquidity, safety, and return) into objective functions for strategic reserves management. Stochastic programming is identified as an advantageous modelling framework to capture the objectives of foreign reserves management, and a strategic reserves management model is illustrated that trades off expected net returns with costs and liquidity issues related to a potential liquidation of a portion of the portfolio.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bank of Canada Discussion Paper ; No. 2010-13

Classification
Wirtschaft
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Subject
Foreign reserves management
Portfolio-Management
Währungsreserven
Währungsmanagement
Rentabilität
Risikopräferenz
Betriebliche Liquidität
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Romanyuk, Yuliya
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Bank of Canada
(where)
Ottawa
(when)
2010

DOI
doi:10.34989/sdp-2010-13
Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Romanyuk, Yuliya
  • Bank of Canada

Time of origin

  • 2010

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