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
Level
AnyWarm upCoreHard
Source
AnyReported at a firmStandard
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  1. 013Explain last month to a client: equity fell 4% on 60% of her portfolio, debt rose 1% on 30% and gold rose 3% on 10%. What did her portfolio do, and which part drove it?Market view and security pitchWarm upWealth management
  2. 023The central bank cuts rates by 50 basis points. Mark to market a Rs 8 crore portfolio that is 40% long bonds of duration 7, 50% equity and 10% cash. What changes, and what do you tell the client?Market view and security pitchCoreWealth management
  3. 026A client will need dollars for a goal five years out but holds almost everything in rupees. What does a weaker rupee cost him, and how much of his portfolio should sit in dollar assets?Market view and security pitchCorePrivate banking
  4. 039Tell me where you think the market is headed. With an index at 22 times earnings, earnings growth of 12% and a 10-year government yield of 7%, build a one-year base, bull and bear range and say how a client portfolio should be positioned.Market view and security pitchHardBNY MellonNew York · 2022
  5. 051A client asks your view on two stocks he holds: Rudravarna Steel at 7 times earnings earned at a peak margin, and Kalpavadi Software at 35 times earnings growing 18% a year. Which would you trim, and why?Market view and security pitchHardNorthern TrustChicago · 2022
  6. 089Give a brief stock pitch for a client portfolio: an invented food company at Rs 4,000 crore market value, 28 times earnings, 22% return on equity, 15% growth and net cash. Pitch it and size it at 3% of Rs 5 crore.Market view and security pitchCoreNorthern TrustChicago · 2022

Company names and figures are illustrative.