You have recently been hired as an investment manager at a local hedge fund. You have been assigned your first client who has a sum of £10,000 to be all invested immediately for a period of 10 years. The client expresses their desire to earn a minimum return of 14% per annum and to minimize their risk. Your client instructed you to invest the fund in international markets. You decided to create a portfolio of at least 15 Global Equities chosen from a minimum of three Global Stock Exchanges.
a) Discuss your investment return and risk objectives and investment strategy
b) Discuss how you constructed your investment portfolio and selected shares? You need to critically evaluate the methods you used.
c) How did you manage the risks of your investment portfolio?
d) What is the impact of exchange rate volatility and market risk on your chosen portfolio?