Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7424873 | Journal of Business Research | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Backtesting is a technique for validating internal models under Solvency II, which allows for evaluating the discrepancies between the results provided by a model and real observations. This paper aims to establish various backtesting tests and to show their applications to equity risk in Solvency II. Normal and empirical models with a rolling window are used to determine VaR at the 99.5% confidence level over a one-year time horizon. The proposed methodology performs the backtesting of annualized returns arising from the accumulation of daily returns. The results show that even if a model is conservative when tested out of a sample, it may be inadequate when evaluated in a sample, thereby highlighting the problems inherent in the out-of-sample backtesting proposed by the regulator.
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Authors
Pablo Durán Santomil, LuÃs Otero González, Onofre Martorell Cunill, José M. Merigó Lindahl,