Title: Portfolio Management 1:01
1Portfolio Management 101
- Presentation at IIM, Calicut
2Some Key Concepts
- Approaches to Portfolio Construction
- Top Down v/s Bottom Up
- Value v/s Growth
- Think of Cycles nothing is linear
- Client Requirements
- Match Needs, Requirements and Abilities
- Risk
- Use Math Computing as tools
- Make Bets Explicit
- Why are you diversifying?
- Your OWN Portfolio?
3Elements of Portfolio Construction
Top Down
Growth
Value
Momentum
Bottom Up
4Decomposing Approaches
Top Down
Sector
Country
Asset Class
- Equities
- Bonds
- Currencies
- Property
- Commodities
- Oil
- Precious metals
- Natural Resources
- Developed Markets
- Emerging Markets
- Regional markets
- FMCG
- Pharma
- Services
- TMT
- Manufacturing
- Cyclicals
5Decomposing Approaches
Bottom Up
- Volume
- Price
- Efficiency
- Costs
- Assets
- Restructuring
- Technical Charts
- Reflexivity
- PE/G
- Option Value
Momentum
GARP
Value
- Payback
- EV/EBIDTA
- P/E
- DCF
- Dividend Yield
- Price/BV
- Replacement Cost
6Some Lessons from History
- Japan V/s UK in 1944
- Korea V/s India in 1950
- Singapore!
- Hero Honda V/s Kinetic Honda
- Bharti V/s IDEA
- Infosys V/s HCL
- HDFC Bank V/s SBI
There is NO trade-off between Top- Down and
Bottom up
7Think of Cycles!
- Nature is cyclical, not linear!
- Life Cycles
- Business Cycles / Boom-Bust
- Seasonality
- Innovation / Schumpeter
- Market Cycles
8Valuation Approaches
Value
Growth
Momentum
- Illiquid
- Misunderstood
- Hated/Uncovered
- Appraised value
- Institutional Favorites
- UVG Stories
- Imagine it!
- DCF or Option value
- Max Volume
- News Flow
- Volatile
- Technicals
In Reality, there is no distinction. Growth and
Momentum are LongTerm/Short Term Value catalysts
9OUR VALUATION SCREEN
10VALUATION BENCHMARKS
11Think Client Management
- WHO is the CLIENT?
- WHAT does he want from you?
- HOW are you shaping his expectations mindset?
- WHY should he stick to you?
Most clients would rather have their fund
manager fail conventionally than succeed
unconventionally. Marc Faber
12CHANGING NEEDS OVER A LIFETIME
Equity/Bonds Property Art/Misc
Own Business
House
Durables
Daily Exps
13KYC and Thyself!
Pvt. Banks / Pension Funds / Macro Funds/ Fund of
Funds
Relative
Asset Allocation
Country Allocation
Regional Funds
Sector Allocation
Country Funds/ Mutual Funds
Large Cap
Small Cap
HNW / PMS / Absolute Return Funds/ Hedge Funds
Absolute
14Key Success Factors
- Institutional Marketing
- Deployment of Large Pools
- Capital Preservation
BCA GLOBAL
Pvt. Bankers / Pension Funds / Macro Funds
BCA EMG MKTS
- Marketing Scale Scope
- Economist
Regional Funds
BCA CHINA
Country Funds
INDIA FUNDS
Absolute Return Funds
15Risk Mitigation
- Formulas / Computers are tools, not cast in stone
- Sterling Crisis
- LTCM
- Markets discount the rate of change most
metrics measure history - Understand logic of EMT, CAPM and Beta do not be
bound by it.
Risk is something I manage between my ears.
Warren Buffett
16Make Explicit Bets
- Asset / Sector / Class
- Use Computing to make interrelations and risk
explicit scenario modelling - Catalyst
- Reflation Upgrading Debt Rating Margins
- Valuation
- Payback, DCF, etc
- What will make you change your mind?
- Your weightage should not be led by
overconfidence !
17IDEAL PORTFOLIO
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18Decompose Decompose Decompose
19Decompose THEN Consolidate
- A good investor is a good businessman and vice
versa
20Typical Career Path to Nirvana
Analyst
Head of Research
Fund Manager
Abs. Manager
Own Funds
Large Fund Manager
Even Larger Fund Manager
Marketing Guru
21How is your Portfolio Tilted?
OWN INTERESTS
CLIENT TIME
PROFESSIONAL COLLEGUES
WORK COLLEAGUES
FAMILY
BUILD A CONSCIOUS LIFESTYLE !
22HEAVEN AND HELL
- AMERICAN SALARY
- ENGLISH HOME
- GERMAN CAR
- CHINESE FOOD
- INDIAN WIFE
- AMERICAN WIFE
- ENGLISH CAR
- GERMAN FOOD
- CHINESE HOME
- INDIAN SALARY
YOUR REAL WEALTH YOUR HAPPINESS YOUR STATE OF
MIND WITHIN YOU
23SUMMARY
- UNDERSTAND YOURSELF OBJECTIVELY
- UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE
- UNDERSTAND THE UNDERLYING INVESTMENT
- UNDERSTAND THE MARKET PARTICIPANTS
- FOLLOW BASIC PRINCIPLES AND STICK TO THEM!
- BE HAPPY!