Reference no: EM133276037

Assignment Requirements (All criteria and intentions must be met):

CLIENT PROFILE: Low Risk - Conservative

• Section 1  - (IPS Steps 1 - 4)
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  • introduce your client profile which is Low Risk - Conservative and potential objectives and constraints according to IPS Step 1. Use text/course resources as your guide in building the profile.
  • Introduce and discuss your IPS design (Step- 2), and an appropriate portfolio allocation design (Step 3) based on your client risk profile, and include your justification for choosing this allocation.
    • Only 4 broad asset classes are included in your Asset Allocation: Canadian Equity, US Equity, Int'l Equity, and Fixed Income.
    • Be sure to include the identification of appropriate benchmarks in your discussion
  • (Step 4) Introduce and discuss your selected managed products (See Appendix for more detail), and include your justification for selecting these specific products
  • Conclude with a discussion about the expected portfolio return over the holding period (ending on the due date)
  • Support your review with references from the text, product support documents, reputable websites, and information collected and analyzed in the Appendix (see below for more detail)
  • Support your review with a minimum of 4 reputable sources (not including the course text)
  • Support your review with a minimum of 4 references from the text

• Section: 2 - Market Review (IPS Step 5)
  • make a review of the each respective market according to your asset allocation (Canadian Equity, US Equity, Int'l Equity, Fixed Income) over the past 6 months (ending on the assignment due date).
  • Conclude with your projection on where you expect these markets to be over the next 6 months.
  • Support your review with published market statistics, articles and other information gathered and analyzed in your Appendix (see below for more detail)
  • Support your review with a minimum of 2 reputable sources (not including course text)
  • Support your review with a minimum of 2 references from the text

• Section: 3 - Review  (IPS Step 6-7)
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  • Discuss your portfolio's actual performance over the holding period, along with the performance of each independent managed product
  • Compare portfolio results with actual benchmark portfolio results
  • Conclude by providing a rebalancing recommendation (Step 7)
  • Support your review with information from your Appendix (see below for more detail)
  • Support your review with a minimum of 2 reputable sources (not including course text)

• Section 4 - Appendix
  • Your appendix will contain the following requirements, in addition to all supporting information required for the body of your assignment. 
  • Include any images, graphs etc. that are referenced in the body of your report (use footnotes in your body)
  • S1. Portfolio Allocation and product selection
    • Your instructor will provide you with a client risk profile to base your review on.
    • Draw upon the text to determine the appropriate allocation for your given risk profile. make a visual (pie chart) and numerical representation (Table) of this allocation (assume a $100,000 client investment).
    • Select 3 mutual funds and 1 ETF (all from Canadian Mutual Fund / ETF Companies) to meet the requirements of your Asset Allocation
    • These 4 products must be unique to your project (not held by another group)
    • Using analytical tools provided in your text as a guide, produce a table comparing each fund's respective relevant statistics.
      • Within the table include the name of the respective benchmarks for each product chosen
      • Under the table, provide direct web links to each product and benchmark's specific page
    • Include (submit as separate files) each respective Fund Facts sheet, and at least 1 additional supplementary product support document from the Fund/ETF company. Use this table to analyze, select, and justify your chosen investment products.
      • Include a summary paragraph justifying your choices.
  • S2.Market Review -Make a table that lists and compares your portfolio, each selected product and benchmarks weekly closing values. Include the following
    • Value of your portfolio at end of each week (show calculations)
    • Closing NAV for each respective product in your portfolio
    • Benchmark level for each respective product in your portfolio
    • ESG equity index
    • Using the techniques taught in the course, make a technical analysis charts for the TSX and S&P500 for 6months, 1 year, 5 year, and 10 year periods, along with projected ranges over the next three months.
  • S3. Portfolio Stats
    • Using the information available from your product's published documents, respective websites, and reputable third party sites, Make a table and provide fund statistics for each holding in your portfolio. Use course resources as your guide determine which statistics to research and include.
    • Statistics should be sampled at the begging of the holding period and compared to the end of the holding period. Include a brief discussion below your table on the progress of your holding's statistics.
  • S3. Review
    • Visually (pie chart), and numerically (table), compare your begging portfolio allocation with the ending allocation. Include a table with meaningful data including portfolio weightings, product rates of return and portfolio rate of return.
  • End notes section for your references