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Risk Scoring & Allocation

Every verified strategy enters the allocation framework, which governs how capital is distributed, how positions are sized, and how the portfolio responds to changing conditions. The goal is not to maximise headline APY — it is to maximise risk-adjusted, verifiable yield.

Risk scoring — five dimensions

Smart contract risk

Audit coverage and quality, upgrade policies, admin key configuration, and deployment age.

Liquidity risk

Withdrawal mechanics, queue depth, pool liquidity, and slippage at target size.

Yield sustainability

Incentive independence, utilisation sensitivity, and the underlying economic activity.

Correlation

Return correlation with the existing portfolio; highly correlated strategies are weighted down.

Counterparty exposure

Concentration to any single protocol, chain, or asset denomination.

Scores combine into a composite used alongside expected APY to rank candidates. The framework targets the highest risk-adjusted yield, not the highest yield.

Allocation rules

  • Concentration limits — single-vault exposure is capped, with hard limits that tighten as the portfolio scales. Not overridable for an attractive opportunity.
  • Strategy type diversification — exposure to at least three strategy types at all times (lending, funding arbitrage, options).
  • Chain diversification — single-chain exposure capped, tightening as the portfolio expands.
  • Asset denomination diversification — single-stablecoin exposure capped to reduce peg-risk impact.

Drawdown management

If a vault's share price drops beyond its defined threshold from entry price:

01

An alert fires to the strategy team

02

The position is reviewed within 24 hours

03

If unexplained by a transient event with a clear recovery path, the position is exited

The investment committee framework

Each allocation decision produces a documented specification — the permanent record of the decision. Decisions without a completed specification are not executed.

FieldContent
Vault / strategyName, protocol, chain, contract address
Yield sourceEconomic activity generating the yield
30-day onchain APYComputed from share price, stated window
Risk scoreComposite across the five dimensions
Proposed allocation% of AUM, absolute amount
Max drawdown threshold% from entry price
Exit conditionsDrawdown breach · underperformance · protocol risk event
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