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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254872803321

Autore

Braga Maria Debora

Titolo

Risk-Based Approaches to Asset Allocation : Concepts and Practical Applications / / by Maria Debora Braga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-24382-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Finance, , 2193-1720

Disciplina

332.6

Soggetti

Finance

Macroeconomics

Management

Finance, general

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Traditional Approach to Asset Allocation.- Risk-Based Approaches to Asset Allocation: The Case for Risk Parity -- The Different Risk-Based Approaches to Asset Allocation -- Application of the Risk-Based Approaches to Asset Allocation -- Appendix.  .

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the concepts and applications of risk-based asset allocation. Markowitz’s traditional approach to asset allocation suffers from serious drawbacks when implemented. These mainly arise from the estimation risk associated with the necessary input the most critical being expected returns. With the financial crisis, there has been an increasing interest in asset allocation approaches that don’t need expected returns as input, known as risk-based approaches. The book provides an analysis of the different solutions that fit this description: the equal-weighting approach, the global minimum-variance approach, the most diversified portfolio approach and the risk parity approach. In addition to a theoretical discussion of these, it presents practical applications in different investment environments. Three different evaluation dimensions are considered to put these approaches to the test: financial efficiency, diversification and portfolio stability.