1.4.5 Unique circumstances
Every investor has their own investment requirements and preferences on what amount of funds should be allocated to which security. In order for the investors to converse in a friendly manner and make decisions that will benefit the group as a whole, it is up to the fund manager to communicate each issue that may arise and to find a solution that satisfies all investors.
1.5 Investment guidelines (Investment mandate)- asset allocation
Investment mandate guides fund managers into deciding which asset and building a diversified portfolio to best meet investors goals, as shown above; we have selected the assets that will best benefit the investors funds of 100 million (Hibbert et al., 2012). As our main objective is capital preservation, low and moderate risk should be taken therefore 70% will be invested in risk-free government bonds although they will generate less return. Due to the investors age of 60 to 70 minimising the level of risk is important. Cash reserves of 8% is also required to buffer against liquidity needs in case of any losses that occurs.
1.6 Investment management strategy
The investment strategy can be either active or passive. Passive strategy is better for this portfolio because they generate returns without carrying high risk. As mentioned by (Becker, 2015), active strategy has higher risk and return whereas passive strategy has less risk and return. As mentioned above in 1.3, the risk and return tolerance should be kept at a low. The buying and holding strategy should be used in conjunction with the passive strategy implemented.
1.7 Monitoring and reviewing process
As fund managers of this portfolio we need to make sure that we keep up with the market conditions and the suggest...
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...ve buy and hold strategy has the intention of providing long term benefits such as capital growth while generating income through dividend payments (Borovkova, Permana, & Weide, 2007). Hence a passive approach is most suited in this case (Johnson, 1987). Micro and macro market conditions surrounding government bonds, securities and cash assets, which are chosen by the fund manager (Johnson, 1987). After analysing the selection of securities bonds and cash assets the fund manager will determine the appropriate allocation of funds to meet the investment objective (Alexander & Venkatramanan, 2011). Despite taking a buy and hold position the fund manager can consider selling shares with strong capital appreciation, liquidating securities with strong capital appreciation and purchasing securities who show potential in the current micro and macro environment (Stulz, 1982).
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Vanguard Case Analysis After reading through the Vanguard case, there were a few difficult forks in the road that Vanguard seems to be facing. The company’s future can be greatly affected by some of these difficult choices. Vanguard has to decide whether to change their investment offerings, further develop Internationally, or to simply advertise to increase their client base. Top managers at Vanguard have to step up to the plate and rollout detailed plans as to what path the company should take regarding some of these issues. Through our in-class discussions, the majority of the students argued on one major problem that Vanguard was facing.
The foundation had an investment committee, which approved asset allocation policies and managed a number
...r investments that can support the other weight and balance their portfolio and therefore alleviate some of the risk they face.
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Ross, S.A., Westerfield, R.W., Jaffe, J. and Jordan, B.D., 2008. Modern Financial Management: International Student Edition. 8th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies.
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This assignment is concerned with your understanding of the key issues relative to portfolio analysis and investment. In completing this assignment you are to limit your scope to the US stock markets only. Use the Cybrary, the Internet, and course resources to write a 2-page essay which you will use with new clients of your financial planning business which addresses the following issues and/or practices:
To maximize optimum performance of our investment portfolio, we placed a certain percentage of equity in different sectors of the stock market.
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