An investment managers portfolio consists of stocks listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius as per table
Question:
An investment manager’s portfolio consists of stocks listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius as per table below.
Stock | Sector | No. of Shares | Price at Start | Price at End |
Air Mauritius | Transport | 225,000 | 16.00 | 15.10 |
Lux Island Resort Ltd | Leisure & Hotels | 390,000 | 39.30 | 56.50 |
MUA Co Ltd | Banks & Insurance | 75,000 | 61.50 | 76.00 |
MCB Group | Banks & Insurance | 200,000 | 210.00 | 205.50 |
Livestock Feed Ltd | Industry | 485,000 | 21.65 | 26.00 |
Automatic Systems Ltd | Leisure & Hotels | 25,000 | 115.00 | 75.00 |
ABC Motors Co Ltd | Commerce | 38,000 | 128.25 | 95.50 |
Quality Beverages Ltd | Industry | 345,000 | 7.98 | 6.04 |
Harrel Mallac Ltd | Commerce | 100,000 | 108.00 | 109.50 |
a) Compute the Allocation by Individual Position and Sector Allocation of the manager’s portfolio.
[10 marks]
b) Compute the Allocation Effect, Selection Effect and Interaction Effect for each sector with respect to the benchmark return given in table below.
Sector | Weighted Return (%) | Weight (%) |
Banks & Insurance | 0.50 | 45.00 |
Commerce | 2.00 | 20.00 |
Industry | 5.00 | 15.00 |
Leisure & Hotels | 25.00 | 13.00 |
Transport | 5.00 | 7.00 |
TOTAL | 4.98 | 100.00 |
(7 marks)
c) Compute the Active Management Effect and determine whether or not the investment manager has contributed positively to the portfolio’s return. Also determine which sector has added the highest amount to the portfolio’s return.
(5 marks)
d) Performance attribution is a set of techniques that performance analysts use to explain why a portfolio’s performance differed from the benchmark. Discuss. (8 marks)