SCR Calculator User Manual

Version 1.16.0.0 Last modified 2024-12-8

Incorporating Credit Fundamentals

Beyond traditional hard, quantitative metrics, the optimiser can seamlessly integrate credit analysts' opinions on issuers. This is possible if the user includes a column such as Credit Score (or a similar name) in both the 'Current' and 'New' tabs of the input spreadsheet.

This additional column functions similarly to the ESG Score column. Scores assigned to each ticker, ranging for example from 1 to 10, can be used in the Settings tab to apply a minimum constraint. Setting this threshold slightly higher than the current portfolio's average ensures the optimisation reflects enhanced credit fundamentals.