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Optimal Portfolio Allocation using TLI

Tommaso Gabrieli University of Reading Davide Manstretta IPD

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Introduction• Motivation

– Property market returns (IPD) are based on Valuers’ appraisal– Vast literature argues that data underestimates true volatility

(smoothing) – New IPD series Transaction-Linked Index (TLI) should

represent true returns and correct for the problem • Devaney and Martinez Diaz JPR 2011

• Research Questions:– Is TLI series different form de-smoothed Valuers’ Based

Index (VBI) series? – Implications for portfolio allocation?

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Agenda• Introduction and Results Overview• A little bit of theory:

– Problem definition

• Empirical Results:– Differences between TLI and de-smoothed VBI– Portfolio Allocation analysis

• Conclusions• Main Result

– TLI and de-smoothed VBI are very different; strong implications for portfolio allocation

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TLI vs. VBI capital growth, QTLY 2002-2010

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Smoothing • Assumptions:

– Property Market Returns are Valuation Based• May Lag Market Movements – Distorts Correlation• May Be “Smoothed” – Understates the Volatility

– “De-smoothing” Procedures• Remove the Impact of Valuations in Data

– Reported return is a blend of “true” and previous return• De-smoothing:

– Rvt = a Rv

t-1 + (1-a)Rt Therefore Rt = {Rv

t - a Rvt-1 } / (1-a)

where a is the “smoothing parameter”• Vast literature:

– Blundell and Ward (1987), Quan and Quigley (1991), Brown and Matysiak (2000), Geltner et al. (2002) and many others…

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TLI vs. De-smoothedTLI Des

0.8Des 0.65

Des 0.5

Des 0.25

Des 0.1

VBI

St Dev 6.4 15.2 8.8 6.5 5.1 4.7 4.5

AR1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.76

Corr with TLI

1 0.38 0.52 0.62 0.72 0.74 0.74

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TLI vs. De-smoothed

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-40.0

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TLI q410

VBI des 65%

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TLI vs. De-smoothed (Q3 2002 – Q1 2007)

TLI Des 0.8

Des 0.65

Des 0.5

Des 0.25

Des 0.1

VBI

St Dev 4.80 5.1 2.8 2.0 1.4 1.3 1.2

AR1 -0.34 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0.3 0.5 0.6

Corr with TLI

1.00 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.32 0.30 0.29

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TLI vs. De-smoothed (Q2 2007 – Q4 2010)

TLI Des 0.8

Des 0.65

Des 0.5

Des 0.25

Des 0.1

VBI

St Dev 6.95 22.79 12.94 9.30 6.90 6.28 5.93

AR1 0.50 0.17 0.25 0.36 0.54 0.62 0.69

Corr with TLI

1.00 0.42 0.56 0.68 0.80 0.84 0.84

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Optimal Portfolio with TLI

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2.2 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.8 5.1 5.4 0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%Asset Allocation on the Efficient Frontier - TLI

Property Equities Gilts

Risk (%)

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ghts

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Optimal Portfolio, TLI vs. VBI

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2.2

2.5

2.9

3.2

3.5

3.8

4.1

4.5

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0%20%40%60%80%

100%Asset Allocation on the Efficient Frontier - TLI

Risk (%)

Wei

ghts

(%)

1.8

2.5

3.2

3.9

4.5

5.2

5.9

6.6

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0%20%40%60%80%

100%Asset Allocation on the Efficient Frontier

Unsmoothed Property Data

Risk (%)Wei

ghts

(%)

1.8

2.5

3.1

3.8

4.5

5.2

5.9

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100%

Asset Allocation on the Efficient FrontierDe-Smoothed (0.65) Property Data

Risk (%)Wei

ghts

(%)

1.8

2.5

3.1

3.8

4.5

5.2

5.9

6.5

7.2

7.9

7.8

0%20%40%60%80%

100%Asset Allocation on the Efficient Frontier

De-Smoothed (0.25) Property Data

Risk (%)Wei

ghts

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Optimal Portfolio, TLI vs. VBI (Q3 2002 – Q1 2007)

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2.2

2.5

2.9

3.2

3.5

3.8

4.1

4.5

4.8

5.1

5.4

0%20%40%60%80%

100%Asset Allocation on the Efficient Frontier - TLI

Risk (%)

Wei

ghts

(%)

1.8

2.5

3.2

3.9

4.5

5.2

5.9

6.6

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100%

Asset Allocation on the Efficient FrontierUnsmoothed Property Data

Risk (%)

Wei

ghts

(%)

1.8

2.5

3.1

3.8

4.5

5.2

5.9

6.5

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0%

50%

100%Asset Allocation on the Efficient Frontier

De-Smoothed (0.65) Property Data

Risk (%)

Wei

ghts

(%)

1.8

2.5

3.1

3.8

4.5

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5.9

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100%Asset Allocation on the Efficient Frontier

De-Smoothed (0.25) Property Data

Risk (%)

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Efficient Frontier

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VBI des 025

TLI

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Conclusion• Findings

– According to TLI, property is a very attractive asset class– TLI and De-smoothed VBI are very different, which is

theoretically worrying...

• Extensions– Annual Data– Implied smoothing parameter

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Thank you for your attention

Questions?Comments?

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