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. 004A low volatility index has a beta of 0.7. In a year the market returns 25% with cash at 6%, what does CAPM expect from it, and why do low volatility investors accept that?Factor investing and quantWarm upFactor investingSystematic investing
  2. 017From a universe of 12 stocks with book to price, market value and a month's return, build a value factor long the top third and short the bottom third, show that it is mostly a small cap bet, then rebuild it as a size-neutral two by three sort.Factor investing and quantHardAQR Capital ManagementNew York · 2021
  3. 029A long-short fund is long Rs 100 crore of stocks with a beta of 1.3 and shorts a basket with a beta of 0.9. How large must the short be for beta neutrality, and what net money exposure results?Factor investing and quantWarm upHedge fundsQuantitative asset management
  4. 042A multi-factor fund combines a value sleeve and a momentum sleeve, each with an information ratio of 0.4, at equal risk. What is the combined information ratio if their active returns correlate minus 0.5, and if they correlate plus 0.3?Factor investing and quantHardFactor investingQuantitative asset management
  5. 062A value fund has beaten its benchmark by 3% a year, but its rolling value loading has fallen from 0.45 to minus 0.10 while its momentum loading rose from zero to 0.40. Is it still a value fund, what drove the returns, and what do you do?Factor investing and quantCoreFactor investingFund selection
  6. 087A systematic fund has a momentum loading of 0.4, and the momentum factor loses 25% in a month. What does the fund lose from that exposure, and what would hedging it have cost?Factor investing and quantCoreSystematic investingFactor investing

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