- Date : 10 April, 2020
- Topic expert:
Kalpen Parekh
President, DSP Investment Managers Pvt Ltd.
Webinar: How are Family offices/ UHNIs restructuring their portfolios, if at all?
The families will share their insights on how are they re-balancing/ re-structuring their portfolios to minimise risk due to the pandemic outbreak.
For more details/ registrations, contact: info@campdenfamilyconnect.com
Key Takeaways
- Bonds have earned more returns than Equity in this century
- USD shortage around the world; USD continues to dominate as global currency
- Based on the length of Global lockdown- restructure your portfolio. However in all scenarios avoid leverage, stick to leaders who don’t need debt, can survive volatility, move towards Balance sheet investing and away from P&L investing.
- Some basic rules to investing:
- Minimise your chances of going wrong ( study failures and use the rule of elimination in managing the risk of your portfolio)
- Respect valuations
- Excess information can be harmful
- Respect base rates and invest accordingly in Debt & Equity
- Avoid over confidence- its ok to be in doubt
- Avoid precise forecasts, build an Ark
- You can have STP’s ( Systematic Transfer Plans) in the portfolio to take advantage of unforeseen events and taking maximum benefit from any crash if it happens (without manual intervention)
- Portfolio mix – Indian Equities ( high quality companies AAA rated ), global funds, short term debt funds, hedge funds