The Optimal RidgeThe 'Optimal Ridge' allows the portfolio manager to quickly evaluate optimal portfolio performance for a range of possible portfoli
The Efficient SurfaceFor loss modelling purposes the efficient frontier is incomplete. We must include the total portfolio premium as an extra dimension.
The Efficient FrontierHarry Markowitz revolutionised investment theory with the introduction of mean-variance analysis in a 1952 essay entitled ‘Portfolio Selecti
Portfolio CombinatoricsA portfolio manager (PM) seeks to adjust her portfolio's contract percent shares in order to obtain the minimum 1 in 200 year return per
Risk Measure?TVaR, or not TVaR - that is the question; in the context of portfolio optimisation at least. The choice of risk measure to be minimised...