General Studies · Model Risk & Validation
To effectively manage model risk, financial institutions perform backtesting. Backtesting is a key component of model validation that primarily focuses on:
- 1Comparing model outputs with actual realized outcomes to assess the accuracy and predictive power of the model.✓
- 2Comparing the results of a primary model against the results of an alternative, simpler 'challenger' model.
- 3Ensuring that the model's documentation is stored in a centralized repository accessible only to the IT department.
- 4Restricting the use of the model to only those personnel who were involved in its original design and calibration.
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Comparing model outputs with actual realized outcomes to assess the accuracy and predictive power of the model.
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