OPTIMIZING CAPITAL ALLOCATION

Authors

  • Wagner Eduardo Schuster Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7894-3338
  • Magnus dos Reis Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22561/cvr.v35i2.8080

Keywords:

Finance, Risk-Adjusted Return, RAROC, Value At Risk, Economic Capital

Abstract

The Basel Accords have been progressively requiring more capital (and better quality) from the financial institutions in order to cover unexpected losses. Therefore, the decision to allocate capital to a product or another represents an important trade-off for managers, which reinforces using robust decision-making tools that consider the risk to maximize returns. This paper aims to suggest a new approach to measure the unexpected losses and, through the RAROC methodology, compare the results of a standardized regulatory model and a most sophisticated internal model on the profitability of a bank’s credit portfolio in a stratified manner. The dataset was provided by a financial institution and contains data for its two core business products (Payroll-linked and Working-Capital loans) in a period between 2011M01-2019M06. The regulatory capital is already provided in the dataset while an internal model was proposed using Value at Risk (VaR) models with Monte Carlo Simulations to calculate economic capital. We computed the model in 2019M06 and the results reveal that Payroll-linked would present a superior RAROC either using regulatory or economic capital, being a better option of capital investment in comparison to Working Capital. Additionally, the use of an internal model as suggested would increase expressively the RAROC for the Payroll-linked loans (from 6.87% to 45.75% in 2019M06), improving the optimization of capital. To conclude, the overall tests reveal that the model suggested had a good performance and may be used by financial institutions, bringing innovative results that satisfactory contributes to a strategic management focused on risks.

Author Biographies

Wagner Eduardo Schuster, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree QEM – Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Address: Großer Hasenpfad 141, 60598 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. +33 652156314. E-mail: wagner.schuster92@gmail.com

Magnus dos Reis, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

PhD in Economics. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS. Address: Av. Dr. Nilo Peçanha, 1600, CEP 91.330-002 Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil. +55 (51) 3591 1122 / Branch line: 3941. E-mail: magnusr@unisinos.br.

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Published

2024-12-02

How to Cite

SCHUSTER, W. E.; REIS, M. dos. OPTIMIZING CAPITAL ALLOCATION. Contabilidade Vista & Revista, [S. l.], v. 35, n. 2, p. 104–126, 2024. DOI: 10.22561/cvr.v35i2.8080. Disponível em: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/contabilidadevistaerevista/article/view/8080. Acesso em: 24 dec. 2025.