Tiffany Jordan is a hedge fund manager with a history of outstanding performance. For the past 10 years, Jordan’s fund has used an equity market neutral strategy (long/ short strategy that strives to eliminate market risk; i.e., beta should be zero) which has proved to be effective as a result of Jordan’s hard work. An equity market neutral strategy normally generates large daily trading volume and shifts in individual security positions. Jordan’s reputation has grown over the years as her fund has consistently beaten its benchmark. Employee turnover on Jordan’s team has been high; she has a tendency to be quick to blame, and rarely gives credit to team members for success. During the past twelve months, her fund has been significantly underperforming against its benchmark.
Tiffany Jordan is a hedge fund manager with a history of outstanding performance. For the past 10 years, Jordan’s fund has used an equity market neutral strategy (long/ short strategy that strives to eliminate market risk; i.e., beta should be zero) which has proved to be effective as a result of Jordan’s hard work. An equity market neutral strategy normally generates large daily trading volume and shifts in individual security positions. Jordan’s reputation has grown over the years as her fund has consistently beaten its benchmark. Employee turnover on Jordan’s team has been high; she has a tendency to be quick to blame, and rarely gives credit to team members for success. During the past twelve months, her fund has been significantly underperforming against its benchmark.
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| Primo Management Co. is looking at how best to evaluate the performance of its managers. Primo has been hearing more and more about benchmark portfolios and is interested in trying this approach. As such, the company hired Sally Jones, CFA, as a consultant to educate the managers on the best methods for constructing a benchmark portfolio, how best to choose a benchmark, whether the style of the fund under management matters, and what they should do with their global funds in terms of benchmarking. |
| For the sake of discussion, Jones put together some comparative 2-year performance numbers that relate to Primoâs current domestic funds under management and a potential benchmark. |
| Weight | Return | ||||||||||
| Style Category | Primo | Benchmark | Primo | Benchmark | |||||||
| Large-cap growth | 0.60 | 0.50 | 17 | % | 16 | % | |||||
| Mid-cap growth | 0.15 | 0.40 | 24 | 26 | |||||||
| Small-cap growth | 0.25 | 0.10 | 20 | 18 | |||||||
| As part of her analysis, Jones also takes a look at one of Primoâs global funds. In this particular portfolio, Primo is invested 75% in Dutch stocks and 25% in British stocks. The benchmark invested 50% in eachâDutch and British stocks. On average, the British stocks outperformed the Dutch stocks. The euro appreciated 6% versus the U.S. dollar over the holding period while the pound depreciated 2% versus the dollar. In terms of the local return, Primo outperformed the benchmark with the Dutch investments, but underperformed the index with respect to the British stocks. |
| 1. | Calculate the amount by which the Primo portfolio out- (or under-) performed the market over the period? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Input the amount as positive value. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Primo portfolio | (Click to select)outperformed byunderperformed by | % |
| 2. | Calculate the contribution to performance of the pure sector allocation?(Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 1 decimal place.Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Pure sector allocation | % |
| 3. | Calculate the contribution to performance of the security selection decisions?(Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Security selection decisions | % |
| 10. Primo Management Co. is looking at how best to evaluate the performance of its managers. Primo has been hearing more and more about benchmark portfolios and is interested in trying this approach. As such, the company hired Sally Jones, CFA, as a consultant to educate the managers on the best methods for constructing a benchmark portfolio, how best to choose a benchmark, whether the style of the fund under management matters, and what they should do with their global funds in terms of benchmarking. |
| For the sake of discussion, Jones put together some comparative 2-year performance numbers that relate to Primoâs current domestic funds under management and a potential benchmark. |
| Weight | Return | ||||||||||
| Style Category | Primo | Benchmark | Primo | Benchmark | |||||||
| Large-cap growth | 0.60 | 0.50 | 17 | % | 16 | % | |||||
| Mid-cap growth | 0.15 | 0.40 | 24 | 26 | |||||||
| Small-cap growth | 0.25 | 0.10 | 20 | 18 | |||||||
| As part of her analysis, Jones also takes a look at one of Primoâs global funds. In this particular portfolio, Primo is invested 75% in Dutch stocks and 25% in British stocks. The benchmark invested 50% in eachâDutch and British stocks. On average, the British stocks outperformed the Dutch stocks. The euro appreciated 6% versus the U.S. dollar over the holding period while the pound depreciated 2% versus the dollar. In terms of the local return, Primo outperformed the benchmark with the Dutch investments, but underperformed the index with respect to the British stocks. |
| a. | Calculate the amount by which the Primo portfolio out- (or under-) performed the market over the period? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Input the amount as positive value. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Primo portfolio underperformed by | _________?? |
| b. | Calculate the contribution to performance of the pure sector allocation?(Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 1 decimal place.Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Pure sector allocation | ___________%?? |
| c. | Calculate the contribution to performance of the security selection decisions?(Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Security selection decisions | ______________%?? |
