Hedge Funds case studies, worked step by step

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All topicsCredit, distressed and capital structure7Earnings, models and KPIs8Event-driven and merger arbitrage7Fund economics, NAV and LP decisions8Global macro trades7Long pitches and valuation14Manager evaluation and attribution7Pairs and relative value5Portfolio construction and sizing7Risk limits and drawdowns7Short selling6Systematic research and data11Volatility, options and convertibles6
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  1. 041Tavrin Logistics (EPS Rs 40, P/E 20, 10 crore shares) buys Coastel Freight, which earns Rs 80 crore, for Rs 1,200 crore, paid half in new Tavrin shares and half in debt at 8% pre-tax with a 25% tax rate. Is the deal accretive, and how would you expect Tavrin's shares to trade on the news?Event-driven and merger arbitrageHardPoint72New York · 2025
  2. 042Talvir Capital charges a 20% performance fee over an 8% hurdle. At a gross return of 12% on Rs 1,000 crore, what fee does it earn under a hard hurdle and under a soft hurdle with full catch-up?Fund economics, NAV and LP decisionsCoreFund of funds and allocators
  3. 043In the Republic of Kelmar inflation is 7% and the policy rate 6%. You expect the central bank to hike by 150 basis points over six months, while two-year swaps price only 50. Build the trade: which way you position, how you size it with a DV01 of Rs 1.9 lakh per Rs 100 crore, and what you make if you are right.Global macro tradesHardGlobal macro funds
  4. 044Solvika Chemicals has a specialty segment with EBITDA of Rs 300 crore and a commodity segment with EBITDA of Rs 200 crore. Peers trade at 18x and 6x respectively. Net debt is Rs 1,200 crore, there are 50 crore shares and the stock is Rs 85. Build the sum of the parts and say what closes the gap.Long pitches and valuationCoreLong-short equity fundsMulti-manager platforms
  5. 045Oruvel Capital has five ideas with expected alphas of 6%, 8%, 4%, 10% and 5% and volatilities of 25%, 40%, 20%, 50% and 30%. Size each in proportion to alpha divided by variance, with a cap of 8% of NAV. What is the ranking and where does the cap bind?Portfolio construction and sizingHardMulti-manager platformsLong-short equity funds
  6. 046Trevon Capital runs a long-short book at 400% gross on Rs 100 crore of equity, with a prime broker requiring equity of at least 25% of gross. Longs and shorts are equal. How far can longs fall with shorts flat before a margin call, and what happens if longs fall while shorts rise?Risk limits and drawdownsHardMulti-manager platforms
  7. 047A take-home asks you to regress 500 daily returns on the Selvara signal. You get a slope of 1.8, but three days with returns above 20% drive the fit. After winsorising at the 1st and 99th percentiles the slope is 0.4. Which do you report and why?Systematic research and dataCoreBalyasny Asset ManagementNew York · 2024
  8. 048The Sethu 50 index has implied volatility of 15%, while its members' average implied volatility is 25%. What average correlation does that imply, and how would you trade a view that realised correlation will be lower?Volatility, options and convertiblesHardVolatility and relative value funds
  9. 049Quillon Software, an Indian SaaS company, has revenue of Rs 800 crore growing 25% a year and an EBITDA margin of 18% that management says reaches 28% by year three. It trades at 6x EV/sales (EV Rs 4,800 crore) against peers at 5x. Pitch it: what do year-three EBITDA and a 25x exit multiple imply for the return, and what has to go right?Long pitches and valuationHardMillennium ManagementNew York · 2023
  10. 050Rank four businesses from best to worst investment in one hour with quick maths: Palvin Pipes (ROIC 15%, growth 10%, P/E 18), Serik Software (ROIC 40%, growth 20%, P/E 45), Morvanti Hotels (ROIC 7%, growth 8%, P/E 30), Juvara Dairy (ROIC 18%, growth 6%, P/E 14). Use earnings yield plus growth adjusted for reinvestment.Long pitches and valuationHardViking Global InvestorsNew York · 2025

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