Dual-Horizon Strategic Asset Allocation

Abstract

In this article, the authors propose a new dual-horizon asset allocation framework that balances desire for long-term portfolio optimality with the requirement for short-term risk control. The framework leverages evidence that for many core asset classes, price patterns can be effectively decomposed into a long-term, persistent component and a transient, cyclical one. This decomposition is particularly helpful when applied to private and public sister-asset classes (e.g., private and public equity or debt) because it allows harmonization of private and public risk-adjusted returns without resorting to artificial adjustments.