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title: Asset Allocation Evolution
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5194749/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5194749
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5194749
featured: 2025-04-02
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Asset Allocation Evolution

The paper traces the development of asset allocation methods, from the traditional MeanVariance Optimization to modern approaches that overcome its shortcomings.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5194749
- Identifier: SSRN 5194749
- Released: 2024-11-24
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 91 (2025-04-02): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-04-02/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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