Portfolio Management case studies, worked step by step

Cases
100
Traced to a firm
50
Topics
13
Hard
30
Topic
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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AnyWarm upCoreHard
Source
AnyReported at a firmStandard
Showing 31–40 of 100
  1. 031A family trust holds 10% of Rs 50 crore in gold. If real yields rise 1 point and gold falls an assumed 12% per point, what does the trust lose, and what role should gold play?Macro and multi-asset scenariosWarm upMulti-assetWealth management
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 038An asset manager wants to launch a multi-asset fund with a 1.2% expense ratio, of which it keeps 0.7%, launch costs of Rs 8 crore and running costs of Rs 4 crore a year. What assets does it need to break even, who is the target investor, and how fast can it get there?Asset management business and productsCoreNuveenLondon · 2023
  9. 039A hotel chain's five-year senior secured bond yields 11.5%. It has EBITDA of Rs 90 crore, net debt of Rs 405 crore (4.5 times), interest cover of 2.1 times, and 60% of its debt matures in year three. Identify every relevant risk and decide whether to invest.Fixed income, credit and LDICoreNuveenChicago · 2025
  10. 040Pitch a beverages company and cross-check the valuation: it trades at 35 times earnings, while a DCF with free cash flow of Rs 300 crore growing 15% for five years, then 6%, at an 11.5% discount rate gives a different answer. Find the assumption that reconciles the two.Stock pitch and thesis defenceCoreSchrodersLondon · 2024SchrodersLondon · 2024

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