Definitions
In plain terms
A composite can allocate 60% to one underlying index and 40% to another, then rebalance those targets periodically.
Technical
The allocation rule defines eligible underlyings, target and drift weights, currency, return variants, rebalance, constraints, missing levels, turnover, and normalization.
Scope
Allocation weights do not reveal overlapping constituent exposure without look-through analysis.
Examples
- A governed methodology records index allocation with its source, cutoff, units, parameters, and effective version.
Common misconceptions
- Index Allocation does not have one universal implementation without the declared methodology, data basis, and constraints.
Concept relationships
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Evidence and governance
- S&P Dow Jones Indices Index Mathematics Methodology S&P Dow Jones Indices · first party methodology
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: Authoritative for the provider's indices; conventions are not universal defaults for every index or security-level return series.
- Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract
Supports: variant distinction
Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.
- Reviewed by
- fintech-builder-batch-004
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-27
- Next review
- 2027-07-27
- Record status
- evidence reviewed
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