Portfolio Management

This article discusses the investment policy statement, return objectives, risk objectives, investment constraints, and standards for evaluating portfolio measures in Portfolio Management. The article suggests a balanced fund approach for the portfolio and evaluates its performance using Treynor ratio, Sharp ratio, and Sortino ratio. The article also considers factors like liquidity needs, special needs, tax concerns, and investment guidelines while assessing the portfolio. Read more on Desklib.

Running head: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Portfolio Management
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Table of Contents
Investment Policy Statement...........................................................................................................2
Return Objectives........................................................................................................................2
Risk Objectives............................................................................................................................2
Standards for Evaluating Portfolio Measures..............................................................................5
Reference.........................................................................................................................................6

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Investment Policy Statement
Return Objectives
The return objective of the portfolio will be calculated on the basis of the Internal Rate of
Return Approach. The required return evaluated from the project is around 7.34%. The return on
portfolio was calculated on the basis of the fact that the portfolio return will be generated from
the invested 0.35million. The present value of all future expenses from the year 21 to the year 45
was done which accounted for expenses to be incurred for the rest of 25 years and the monthly
expenses was taken as 40,000 which has an escalation of 4% per year to adjust and reflect
economic reality. The future value of the cash flows was calculated then using the return that
will be generated from the 0.35mn portfolio (Petri, 2018). The amount required for the
evaluation of the future cash expenditure at the present value terms was around 7, 84,545.50. The
same was taken as the required amount at the end of the year 20. The cash flows from the
portfolio was then generated using the 7.34% and the relevant cash flow from the portfolio was
calculated. The relevant per year cash flow generated from the portfolio was then carried forward
using the relevant compounding factor. The amount required per year was around 25691 from
the year1 to year 20. Thus the return objectivity of the client could be meet by investing into
balanced fund approach of investing where the portfolio would have to yield at least 7.34%.
Risk Objectives
The risk objective for the Taylor’s Investment Policy Statement would be moving
towards a more conservative approach of valuation and evaluation of the portfolio. The portfolio
will be delivered according to the constraint risk strategy and the portfolio will be developed on
the basis of conservative fund like the approach and use of the balanced fund in the portfolio

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allocation of the funds (Kaiser, El Arbi & Ahlemann, 2015). The balanced fund approach will
mark the asset allocation and classification of fund toward a more secured class of assets like
bond, cash and cash equivalents and others. The risk objective from the viewpoint of the investor
Mr. Taylor will be seen as declining due to increasing age and moving toward retirement age.
The factors would be crucial to identify before developing the investment and portfolio strategy
for Mr. Taylor. The other factors like moving of Andrew to high school or university and the
following rising expense from the same and the rising health care expenditure of Mr. Taylor
should be accounted while assessing the portfolio and assets class of investing for the Taylor
Portfolio. The key risk factors of the portfolio will also be that of the assets class in which the
fund is invested. The superannuation fund or the portfolio had a concentration on the growth
strategy where around 85% of the fund is invested into assets classes, which are risky and
provides a better return risk trade of for the investor. The move towards the balanced fund
approach will make sure that the investor will not be exposed too much of the Equity asset class
divergence with the changes in the capital market scenarios. Assets class like real estate, large
equities and benchmark equities funds are usually volatile and the amount of investment in the
same should be dependent according to the portfolio strategy of moving of investor risk
preference towards below or average risk taker (Liu et al. 2015).
Investment Constraints
The investment constraint for Taylor’s Portfolio will be dependent on key factors like the time
horizon for Taylor, Liquidity needs, special needs, tax concerns and the investment guidelines
strategies:

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Investment Time Horizon: The investment time horizon for the Taylor’s portfolio is around for
20 years but since Andrew is moving to University and the net savings of Taylor’s Family will
affect the expense for the same so the total investment horizon considered was around 16 years.
Liquidity Needs: The liquidity concern for the Taylor’s Portfolio was not found as the investor
is having no mortgage loans and other spending needs like Andrew college education fees an
expenses and the health care spending are usually meet from the savings of the income they
generate.
Special Needs: There were no special needs found while assessing the client. Several concerns
like Taylor’s Health condition and rising health expenses may be one crucial factor to keep in
view. The tailors spending life and the expense requirement of around $40,000 will be met by the
return factor of the portfolio. Thus, no special needs or requirements were identified during the
assessment of the client.
Tax Concerns: The tax bracket for the Taylor was identified to be around 30%, which is usually
considered a very high tax bracket for the client. The portfolio allocation will be towards the
balanced fund and the assets class such as treasury bills and treasury bonds should be given more
weightage and focus as the income generated from the same will be tax exempt.
Investment Guideline and Strategy:
The Investment Guideline Strategy for the Portfolio was considered to be a type of
Balanced Fund Approach where the risk constraint of the investor. The investor has an approach
of investing of the asset class towards the balanced fund approach because of the upcoming
retirement age of the investor. The Taylor has focused on investment in asset class such as
Australian Equities, Australian Real Estate, US Large Equities, and Australian Government

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Bonds. The generation of the interest from the portfolio will be made from assets class, which
has coupon or interest paying nature. The assets class that will be selected for the investment
asset class will be made on the basis of the historical data and historical analysis of asset classes
that has provided returns which are helpful and has provided long-term capital growth.
Standards for Evaluating Portfolio Measures
The standards for evaluating the portfolio measures and performance was evaluated on
the basis of the Treynor ratio, which measures the performance of the portfolio in contrast of the
risk and return of the portfolio. The two components of the risk is the general risk observed from
the fluctuations in the market and risk arising from the changes and volatilities in the fluctuation
in the price level of the securities (Bessler, Opfer & Wolff, 2017). The building of the
development in the Capital asset pricing model is according to diversity provided by the CAPM
model and the risk preference of the investors. The sharp ratio is the other technique and an
important factor for determining the performance of the portfolio. The sharp ratio measures the
extra market return earned over and above the Risk free rate of return while incorporating the
standard deviation of the portfolio. The greater the better the performance of the portfolio and
indicates the wealth creation for the investors. The Treynor ratio where measures the beta of the
portfolio and calculates the systematic risk of the portfolio. The sharp ratio evaluates and uses
the standard deviation to calculate the overall volatility of the portfolio. The sortino ratio helps
in calculation for the portfolio average return generated in excess of the minimum accepted
threshold return. Thus these above factors may be useful in evaluation and assessing the portfolio
performance (DeMiguel, Nogales & Uppal 2014).

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DeMiguel, V., Nogales, F.J. & Uppal, R., 2014. Stock return serial dependence and out-of-
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Kaiser, M.G., El Arbi, F. & Ahlemann, F., 2015. Successful project portfolio management
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Liu, H.C., You, J.X., Ding, X.F. & Su, Q., 2015. Improving risk evaluation in FMEA with a
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