A Abbreviations

Table A.1: Portfolio type abbreviations.
Full name Abbrevation
Mean-variance optimal MVO
Global minimum variance GMV
Equal weight EW
Equal risk contribution ERC
Market weight MW
Maximum Sharpe ratio MSR
Table A.2: Metric abbreviations.
Full name Abbrevation
Marginal risk contribution MRC
Total risk contribution TRC
Inverse Herfindahl index IHI
Risk-weights RS
Marginal risk-weights MRW
Total risk-weights TRW
Sharpe ratio SR
Squared Mahalanobis distance SMD
Mean square error MSE
Turnover rate TO
Maximum drawdown MDD
Table A.3: Estimation techniques.
Full name Abbrevation
Sample covariance matrix SCM
Regime switching RS
Quantile factor modelling QFM
Quantile factor modelling with regime switching QRS
Ridge regression RR
Subset re-sampling SRS