Private Wealth Management case studies, worked step by step

Cases
100
Traced to a firm
15
Topics
14
Hard
30
Topic
All topicsLump-sum allocation9Goal and retirement planning8Risk profiling and IPS6Rebalancing and drift6Tax-aware portfolio moves7Concentrated positions and liquidity events7Estate, succession and trusts8Client situations and behaviour8Fixed income and cash management7Alternatives and private markets7Products and fund selection8Lending and leverage6Market view and security pitch6Bank economics, fees and risk7
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AnyWarm upCoreHard
Source
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  1. 016A 60-year-old with Rs 5 crore spends Rs 20 lakh a year, rising with 6% inflation. Build a three-bucket plan, size each bucket, set the refill rule, and show it surviving a bad start.Goal and retirement planningHardPrivate banking
  2. 018A business owner with an Rs 80 crore company has personally guaranteed a Rs 10 crore bank loan. If he dies, what happens to the guarantee, the family's liquidity and the business, and how would you plan for it?Estate, succession and trustsHardFamily offices
  3. 019A conservative client lost 22% on a structured note sold by your predecessor and has complained. How do you assess the suitability record, what might the firm owe her, and what do you say in the meeting?Client situations and behaviourHardPrivate banking
  4. 020A client with a Rs 5 crore debt sleeve expects rates to fall 1 point. Compare a 1-year duration fund with an 8-year duration gilt fund if rates fall 1 point, and if they instead rise 0.5 point.Fixed income and cash managementHardWealth management
  5. 021Add 10% of a 60/40 portfolio to a long-short fund returning 12% with beta 0.4, or to more long-only equity returning 14%. With the market at 12% volatility, which improves the portfolio's return for its risk more?Alternatives and private marketsHardPrivate banking
  6. 022An autocallable note on an index pays 9% a year if the index is at or above its start on an annual observation date, and then calls. If it ends below 60% of its start after three years, capital is lost one for one. Work three scenarios and say what the coupon is paying for.Products and fund selectionHardPrivate banking
  7. 024A private bank has a loan-against-shares book, a large base of client deposits, a cluster of mis-selling complaints and a recent IT outage. Rank its risks by expected and tail loss, and name the greatest.Bank economics, fees and riskHardUBSnew york · 2026
  8. 025An adviser runs the same 60/40 policy for an Rs 8 crore client and an Rs 8,000 crore family trust. Where does the large mandate break, and how would you allocate each?Lump-sum allocationHardScotiabankToronto · 2025
  9. 030Compare annual calendar rebalancing with 5-point threshold bands for a 60/40 portfolio over five given years of equity returns. Which rule trades more, which ends higher, and what does that tell you?Rebalancing and driftHardWealth management
  10. 038A client buys a Rs 3 crore flat with an 80% loan at 9%, rent yielding 2.8% and prices rising 5% a year. What is his equity IRR over seven years, against buying with cash?Lending and leverageHardWealth management

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