An Algorithm for Computing Risk Parity Weights

6 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2013 Last revised: 13 Jan 2020

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Florin Spinu

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Date Written: July 30, 2013

Abstract

This paper presents an efficient algorithm for computing the allocation weights of the risk parity portfolio (or the more general risk budget portfolio) based on Newton's method. The algorithm is provably convergent, and in dimension < 1000 requires on average less than 5 iterations.

Keywords: Risk Parity, Risk Budgeting, Portfolio Optimization, Convex Optimization

JEL Classification: C61, G11

Suggested Citation

Spinu, Florin, An Algorithm for Computing Risk Parity Weights (July 30, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2297383 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2297383

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