Portfolio Management case studies, worked step by step

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All topicsStock pitch and thesis defence11Fixed income, credit and LDI11Strategic and tactical allocation7Factor investing and quant6Company analysis and valuation7Performance evaluation and manager selection7Client mandates and IPS8Risk management and limit breaches8Rebalancing, implementation and costs7Real assets and private markets8Portfolio construction and optimisation7Macro and multi-asset scenarios7Asset management business and products6
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  1. 020A retiree of 60 has Rs 3 crore, spends Rs 15 lakh a year rising with 6% inflation, and expects his portfolio to earn 9%. How many years does the money last, and what starting spending would last 30 years?Client mandates and IPSCoreRetirement and pensionsWealth management
  2. 024In a risk interview, pitch a pharma stock risk first: 45% of revenue from US generics, one plant under regulatory observation, a downside of minus 35% at 30% probability and an upside of plus 40% at 70%. What is the expected return, and how large a position does it justify?Stock pitch and thesis defenceCoreFranklin TempletonSan Mateo · 2017
  3. 025A packaging company's loan has a net leverage covenant of 3.5 times. EBITDA is Rs 80 crore and net debt Rs 240 crore. If EBITDA falls 15%, is the covenant breached, and what equity cure would fix it?Fixed income, credit and LDICorePrivate creditFixed income
  4. 027A two-wheeler maker's electric share of volume rises from 5% to 25% in four years at an 8% margin, against 13% on petrol models. Does the shift raise or lower the company's value if the market pays a higher multiple for electric earnings?Stock pitch and thesis defenceCoreWellington ManagementHong Kong · 2022
  5. 032A 62-year-old client has just lost her husband. She has Rs 3.5 crore, no pension, and needs Rs 1.5 lakh a month. How do you approach the first 90 days, the income plan and the allocation, and how long does the money last?Client mandates and IPSCoreVanguardScottsdale · 2025
  6. 033A family office can buy 10% out-of-the-money one-year puts on its Rs 1,000 crore equity book for 2% a year. In a 30% fall the puts pay back 20%. How often must such falls occur for the puts to pay for themselves, and how does this compare with holding 10% less equity?Risk management and limit breachesCoreRisk managementWealth management
  7. 034Choose one of three large-cap funds from five years of data: returns of 14.2%, 13.1% and 15.0% against a benchmark's 12.5%, tracking errors of 3%, 1.5% and 7%, and fees of 1.6%, 0.9% and 2.1%. Which manager would you pick?Performance evaluation and manager selectionCoreFund selectionMutual funds
  8. 035Present a data centre development to the investment committee: cost Rs 900 crore, stabilised net operating income Rs 108 crore, a 12% yield on cost against an 8% market cap rate. Show the downside of a delay, a cost overrun and a slow lease-up, and what would make the committee comfortable.Real assets and private marketsCoreNuveenNew York · 2021
  9. 036You can overweight one of two sectors by 3 points: private banks with 16% loan growth, 16% return on equity and 2.6 times book, or specialty chemicals with 22% earnings growth, 18% return on equity, 38 times earnings and 15% of downgrades over three years. Which, and what would change your mind?Strategic and tactical allocationCoreWellington ManagementHong Kong · 2022Wellington ManagementHong Kong · 2022
  10. 037A provident fund is moving Rs 1,500 crore from a terminated manager to a new one. Holdings overlap 60%, the rest costs 25 basis points each way, and a cash move leaves the money out of the market for five days at 18% volatility. Compare an in-kind and a cash transition.Rebalancing, implementation and costsCoreInstitutional asset managementPortfolio implementation

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