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Abstract
Quantitative fund management invariably involves portfolio performance being measured in terms of a quadratic objective function (due to the inclusion of variance terms as a measure of risk). Periodically, the constituents of the fund are adjusted to improve performance. This adjustment incurs a transaction cost which is a modulus function of the changes in holdings. Thus the fund manager wishes to minimise a combined quadratic and modulus function. This paper presents a new approach to deal with the minimisation of this hybrid function, using a well tried quadratic programming algorithm. The new algorithm is demonstrated using a tactical asset allocation problem and an equity index tracking fund.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Finance; Quadratic programming; Portfolio selection; MAD estimation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Miss Anthea Tucker |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2010 15:09 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jun 2010 15:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(94)90397-2 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/0377-2217(94)90397-2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:10944 |