Mutual Fund Mastery case studies, worked step by step

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All topicsEquity research and stock pitches15Fund selection and due diligence9Debt fund credit decisions8Client portfolios and goal planning9Index funds, ETFs and passive6AMC and distribution economics6Performance review and attribution6Duration and rates positioning6Liquidity, redemptions and stress7Scheme design and product strategy7Compliance, risk limits and conduct6Valuing listed securities: IPOs, DCF and REITs5NAV operations and operational risk5Retirement, withdrawals and life events5
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  1. 001Pitch Chitravarna Paints: revenue of Rs 4,200 crore growing 14%, an 18% EBITDA margin, 32% return on capital, net cash, and a share price at 48 times earnings. Long or pass, and what has to be true for 48 times to work?Equity research and stock pitchesCoreWellington ManagementBoston · 2024
  2. 002A wealth platform must put one flexi cap fund on its recommended list. Fund A has the best five-year return but a new manager, Fund B has a long record and lower risk, and Fund C is cheap but moves almost exactly with the index. Which goes on the list?Fund selection and due diligenceCoreFund research and ratingsDistribution and sales
  3. 004A 34-year-old has Rs 1 crore after tax from selling ESOPs, needs Rs 30 lakh for a home down payment in two years, has no emergency fund and a steady salary. How would you invest the money?Client portfolios and goal planningCoreNorthern TrustLake Forest · 2022
  4. 010A Rs 9,000 crore small cap fund receives Rs 1,800 crore in a month. Its 60 stocks have a median daily turnover of Rs 18 crore and it can buy 15% of volume without moving prices. How long does deployment take, and should it limit lump-sum inflows?Liquidity, redemptions and stressCoreRisk and complianceFixed income desks
  5. 011A mid-sized AMC must choose its next launch: a defence theme NFO that distributors are asking for, or a multi-asset fund. It already runs two thematic funds and has no multi-asset fund. Which launch, and how do you justify it to the board?Scheme design and product strategyCoreNuveenLondon · 2023
  6. 013A school chain is coming to IPO at a price band implying 62 times trailing earnings. 80% of the issue is an offer for sale by a private equity investor, and enrolments grew 9% last year. Should an equity fund apply, and what would it need to believe?Valuing listed securities: IPOs, DCF and REITsCoreEquity research at AMCsGlobal asset managers
  7. 015A dealer keyed an order for Rs 48 crore instead of Rs 4.8 crore in a mid cap stock that trades Rs 30 crore a day, and the price rose 6% during execution. What does unwinding cost, who bears it, and which controls failed?NAV operations and operational riskCoreFund operationsRisk and compliance
  8. 016A 58-year-old client has just lost her husband. She receives Rs 1.4 crore of insurance, holds Rs 60 lakh in funds and needs Rs 70,000 a month. How do you approach the first meeting, and what do you do with the money in the first six months?Retirement, withdrawals and life eventsCoreVanguardScottsdale · 2025
  9. 019A credit fund is offered a three-year NCD of an AA minus NBFC at 10.4%, 290 basis points over AAA. Gross NPA is 4.8% and rising, 42% of borrowings are commercial paper due within a year, and the one-year asset-liability gap is negative. Identify the risks and decide.Debt fund credit decisionsCoreNuveenChicago · 2025
  10. 020A cement company has 30 million tonnes of capacity at 68% utilisation and trades at an EV of Rs 9,500 per tonne against a replacement cost of Rs 7,000. Is it cheap or expensive, and what utilisation justifies the price?Equity research and stock pitchesCoreWellington ManagementHong Kong · 2022

Company names and figures are illustrative.