The construction of a portfolio is the design and planning activity of financial resources to achieve investment and savings objectives.
The available capital is positioned on asset classes (bonds, government bonds, shares and other securities) most suitable for achieving the client’s financial objective by optimizing the risk / return profile. The portfolio efficiency is measured with a curve (i.e. the efficiency frontier) and is achieved through a careful allocation of capital across different investment instruments. This breakdown will not be valid forever, but must be changed, corrected and updated over time.
The English term “asset allocation” is a substitute for the term “portfolio construction”.