Predicting Mutual Fund Stress Levels Utilizing SEBI’s Stress Test Parameters in MidCap and SmallCap Funds Using Deep Learning Models

Suneel Maheshwari () and Deepak Raghava Naik
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Suneel Maheshwari: Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, USA
Deepak Raghava Naik: Department of Management Studies, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 560054, India

Risks, 2024, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-17

Abstract: Abstract: The Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI), under the direction of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), provided open access to various risk parameters with respect to MidCap and SmallCap funds for the first time from February 2024. Our study utilizes AMFI datasets from February 2024 to September 2024 which consisted of 14 variables. Among these, the primary variable identified in grading mutual funds is the stress test parameter, expressed as number of days required to liquidate between 50% and 25% of the portfolio, respectively, on a pro-rata basis under stress conditions as a response variable. The objective of our paper is to build and test various neural network models which can help in predicting stress levels with the highest accuracy and specificity in MidCap and SmallCap mutual funds based on AMFI’s 14 parameters as predictors. The results suggest that the simpler neural network model architectures show higher accuracy. We used Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) over other machine learning methods due to its ability to analyze the impact of dynamic interrelationships among 14 variables on the dependent variable, independent of the statistical distribution of parameters considered. Predicting stress levels with the highest accuracy in MidCap and SmallCap mutual funds will benefit investors by reducing information asymmetry while allocating investments based on their risk tolerance. It will help policy makers in designing controls to protect smaller investors and provide warnings for funds with unusually high risk.

Keywords: stress test; liquidity analysis; risk management; mutual funds; neural networks; deep learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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