How do you balance risk and reward in stress testing?

William Arrata, Asset Liability Manager, Banque de France, gives his thoughts on stress testing and scenario analysis amid the wider risk actions of institutional investors.

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William Arrata, Asset Liability Manager, Banque de France.

Andrew Putwain: Could you please introduce yourself and explain what your role entails in working with Central Bank Asset Liability Management?

William Arrata: I am an asset and liability manager with a quantitative flavour working at the French Central Bank (Banque de France, BdF). Two entities are concerned by asset and liability management tasks: the first is the non-monetary policy balance sheet of the French Central Bank (“own” balance sheet), and the second is the employees’ pension fund.

"I'm in charge of devising optimal investment strategies for Banque de France, in the form of optimised non-monetary portfolios."

I'm mainly involved in the French Central Bank's own balance sheet, which is not related to monetary policy activities. I'm in charge of devising optimal investment strategies for Banque de France, in the form of optimised non-monetary portfolios. The returns on those investments can serve to cover some operating expenses of BdF.

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