Tailored Risk Management in Action
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Navigating risk in today’s markets requires looking beyond generic frameworks. PGIM Quant’s customized approach to risk management shifts away from off-the-shelf risk models to align risk control with client-specific objectives and investment strategies and address the inefficiencies associated with standard models. Our analysis highlights the value of tailoring risk models and presents data to support their effectiveness in improving outcomes for investors.
- Customizing Risk Frameworks to Align with Strategies:
Unlike generic, off-the-shelf models, PGIM Quant’s proprietary risk framework aligns risk control with the investment process. Our framework prioritize diversification and ensures risk methodologies complement, rather than hinder, the pursuit of client-specific goals.
- Refinement of Traditional Risk Factors:
Limitations in standard risk models, such as industry classification and factor misalignment, are addressed through PGIM Quant’s refined methods, including broader and more balanced groupings, which improve the integration of risk factors into portfolio construction.
- Empirical Validation of a Tailored Approach:
Through testing and simulations, including direct comparisons with a leading commercial risk model, the analysis demonstrates the advantages of PGIM Quant’s tailored frameworks in enhancing risk-adjusted returns and improving the alignment between alpha and risk models.
