PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Khalid (Kal) Ghayur
AU  - Ronan G. Heaney
AU  - Stephen C. Platt
ED  - Wrighton, Joanna
TI  - Practical Applications of Low-Volatility Investing: <em>Balancing Total Risk and Active Risk Considerations</em>
AID  - 10.3905/pa.2014.1.4.051
DP  - 2014 Apr 30
TA  - Practical Applications
PG  - 1--4
VI  - 1
IP  - 4
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/1/4/1.15.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/1/4/1.15.full
AB  - Low-Volatility Investing: Balancing Total Risk and Active Risk Considerations Khalid (Kal) Ghayur Ronan G. Heaney Stephen C. Platt Investors have become more interested in low-volatility investment strategies since the worldwide financial crisis revealed the risks of rollercoaster markets, says Khalid Ghayur , Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Westpeak Global Advisors . But investors have a hard time implementing low-volatility investing within the constraints of their active risk budgets, he notes.In Low-Volatility Investing: Balancing Total Risk and Active Risk Considerations , from the Fall 2013 issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management , present a new portfolio construction technique aimed at allowing investors stay within their active risk budgets by striking a better balance between total risk and relative risk.The article was co-written by Ghayur, Ronan Heaney , Partner and Director of Research at Westpeak Global Advisors, and Stephen Platt , Partner and Director of Portfolio Management at Westpeak.