Investment and Burgundy Asset Management
FIN 6310 Case Studies
Purchase Case Studies (4) • Ivey Case Studies (2) o You will need to create an account at http://cases.ivey.uwo.ca o Then search for and put the following two cases in your cart. Download the spreadsheets. o Burgundy Asset Management: The Wescast Investment Decision o Burgundy Asset Management: …. Spreadsheet o Valuing Wal-mart 2010 o Valuing Wal-mart 2010 – Spreadsheet for students o Checkout and choose US dollars for your currency.
• Harvard Case Studies (2) o Courses available http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/11085094
Case Report Guidelines 1. Place case title at top of first page with team member names. 2. Answer questions in numerical order. 3. Include graphs and tables if appropriate.
Harvard Management Company (2001) Questions 1. Is HMC’s recent payout policy consistent with the goal of preserving the real (adjusted for Harvard’s expense growth) value of the endowment and its distribution into perpetuity? 2. Could payout be raised to meet recent budget pressures without changing the risk-return profile of the portfolio? 3. What value has the HMC’s policy portfolio asset allocations (compared to TUCS median) added to the endowment from the period 1992-2000? 4. What value has active portfolio management (deviating from the policy portfolio indexes and weights) added to the endowment from the period 1992-2000? 5. Does this justify their controversial compensation plans? Does HMC’s compensation plan reward value-creation, discourage excessive risk taking, and increase retention. 6. How does Harvard’s new policy portfolio weights compare to historical weights and other university endowments? 7. Do these differences reduce or increase risk? 8. Are there asset classes that should be excluded or others that should be included? 9. Why might standard
Purchase Case Studies (4) • Ivey Case Studies (2) o You will need to create an account at http://cases.ivey.uwo.ca o Then search for and put the following two cases in your cart. Download the spreadsheets. o Burgundy Asset Management: The Wescast Investment Decision o Burgundy Asset Management: …. Spreadsheet o Valuing Wal-mart 2010 o Valuing Wal-mart 2010 – Spreadsheet for students o Checkout and choose US dollars for your currency.
• Harvard Case Studies (2) o Courses available http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/11085094
Case Report Guidelines 1. Place case title at top of first page with team member names. 2. Answer questions in numerical order. 3. Include graphs and tables if appropriate.
Harvard Management Company (2001) Questions 1. Is HMC’s recent payout policy consistent with the goal of preserving the real (adjusted for Harvard’s expense growth) value of the endowment and its distribution into perpetuity? 2. Could payout be raised to meet recent budget pressures without changing the risk-return profile of the portfolio? 3. What value has the HMC’s policy portfolio asset allocations (compared to TUCS median) added to the endowment from the period 1992-2000? 4. What value has active portfolio management (deviating from the policy portfolio indexes and weights) added to the endowment from the period 1992-2000? 5. Does this justify their controversial compensation plans? Does HMC’s compensation plan reward value-creation, discourage excessive risk taking, and increase retention. 6. How does Harvard’s new policy portfolio weights compare to historical weights and other university endowments? 7. Do these differences reduce or increase risk? 8. Are there asset classes that should be excluded or others that should be included? 9. Why might standard