Prospect: Wealth Management
Prospect: Wealth Management
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introduction
contents
01 Introduction
02 Why Prospect?
04 Designing Your Portfolio
08 Benchmarking
10 Making Investment Decisions
12 Case Study
14 Relationships Count
16 Raymond James
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MANAGEMENT
Investors are always searching for better ways to manage their wealth,
improve their returns and get a truly personal service from their adviser.
We very much hope that your search is over. At Prospect, we have two
over-riding goals: to implement effective processes to grow wealth for
our clients and to provide the best in personal service.
Meaningful Benchmarks
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Objective Decision-making
Effective processes to
grow wealth for our clients and
the best in personal service.
Direct Investment
Using our proprietary valuation methods we aim to add
value through the selection of undervalued stocks and
bonds in the UK. This means you can see what you own
and also helps to keep costs to a minimum. In international
and alternative asset classes we select funds that
complement our investment philosophy and provide
value for money.
Tax Efficiency
Your investments can be held in a variety of tax advantaged
wrappers such as ISAs, pension schemes and offshore
bonds. We also seek to structure family accounts in the
most tax efficient manner and to take advantage of your
allowances wherever they are available.
Transparent Reporting
You will receive quarterly investment reports that show
the value of your assets and compare the performance
on your portfolio to your own specific benchmark. That
way youll be able to see whether you are on track to
meet your long term objectives. You will also be able to
keep track of your portfolio over the internet using
Investor Access.
Competitive Charges
We are committed to transparency in disclosing all
of the costs applicable to your portfolio. Our annual
management charges range between 0.75% + VAT
and 1% + VAT though discounts are available for larger
portfolios. Full details will be provided upon request with
an Illustration in Cash Terms showing the impact of fees
on your own individual portfolio.
Operational Strength
Prospect Wealth Management is a branch office of
Raymond James Investment Services, whose parent
company controls assets of more than 250 billion for over
2.5 million clients worldwide (Dec 2013).
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Building Blocks
There are two core asset classes that can be used to
create a portfolio: fixed-interest securities (bonds) and
equities. There are also alternatives to fixed interest and
equities, as shown in the table below. We can add these
alternatives to your portfolio to increase diversification
Components of Different Asset Classes
04 designing your
portfolio
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HM A R K
OBJECT I VES
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Bond Alternatives
Bonds
Equities
Equity Alternatives
C
ommercial property
funds
S
hort dated corporate
bonds
International funds
International bonds
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ALL
Commodity funds
Hedge funds
Diversification
Each asset class has a different absolute level of expected
risk and return. In addition, each asset class responds
differently to economic and political events so each
will have a different pattern of returns over time. By
combining two or more classes together, we can
significantly reduce the short term volatility of returns on
your overall portfolio. Diversification across different
Threat to
Your Wealth
Best Investment
Strategy
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asset classes can thus raise the level of return you can
expect for any given level of risk.
Our goal is to ensure that you have a degree of
diversification that is commensurate with your tolerance
for risk and provides as much protection as possible
against the uncertainties of the financial markets.
UK Inflation
UK Deflation
UK Economic
Recession
Political Crisis
UK gilts
UK gilts
UK gilts
UK equities
Corporate bonds
Money markets
International
equities
Gold
Property
Commodities
Hedge funds
Commodities
Hedge funds
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Worst
WorstReturn
ReturnOver
OverInflation
Inflation
1983
1983 2014
2014
Return
ReturnOver
OverInflation
Inflation
1950
19502014
2014
Mix
Mix of
of
Investments
Investments
When
Whenwill
will
you
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need
your
yourmoney?
money?
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worstannualised
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oneororten
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yearperiod?
period?
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mix of
of assets
assets has
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historically produced
produced
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mydesired
desired profile
profile on
on average?
average?
Years
Years
Rolling
Rollingone
oneyear
year
-2%
-2%
+2%
+2%
+2%
+2%
100%
100% Money Markets
-5%
-5%
+2%
+2%
+3%
+3%
100%
100% Bonds
-10%
-10%
+1%
+1%
+4%
+4%
75%
75% Bonds 25% Equities
+5%
+5%
50%
50% Bonds 50% Equities
0%
0%
-23%
-23%
-2%
-2%
+6%
+6%
25%
25% Bonds 75% Equities
-32%
-32%
-4%
-4%
+7%
+7%
100%
100% Equities
0%
0%
50% Bonds
25% Bonds
Bond weighting %
75
75
50
50
25
25
Equity weighting %
25
20
50
43
75
65
100
85
Real return % pa
Worst case 1 year return %
10
0% Bonds
15
6.3
6.2
6.6
6.4
7.0
6.8
7.0
7.0
-9.6
-8.1
-15.2
-12.3
-23.3
-20.1
-32.4
-27.5
Source: Thomson Financial Datastream. Dow Jones AIG commodity index. IPD Property Index. CSSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund index covering period
1983-2014. Bonds are 10 year UK Gilts. Equities are 70% FTSE 100 and 30% International large capitalisation indices. Past Performance should not
be seen as an indication of future performance. Returns: total returns, gross of fees.
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Equities
Rolling
Rollingten
tenyears
years
-15%
-15%
10+
10+
Bonds
25%
25%
50%
50%
75%
75%
Regular Income
Income is generated from interest on your bonds
and / or dividends on your equities. We can pay this to
you on a regular basis. If you require more income than
the portfolio provides, we can arrange for capital to be
released to supplement the income. Alternatively, you
can select a different mix of assets that provides a higher
income, although this will change the risk and long term
return profile of your portfolio. Either way your investment
adviser will explain the implications and help you to
decide on the strategy that best suits your needs.
Source:
Worst Case: Thomson Financial
Datastream 1983-2014.
Real returns: Barclays Capital
Equity-Gilt Study 1950-2014.
Past Performance should not be
seen as an indication of future
performance. The worst case and
long term returns indicated are
not guaranteed.
100%
100%
10% chance
of at least
9% return
600
3-10
3-10
Money Markets
1-2
1-2
Alternatives weighting %
Key
Time
Time
Horizon
Horizon
500
400
50% chance
of 6% return
300
200
100
Invest more
0
0
3% growth
10 12
Years
6% growth
14
16
18
20
9% growth
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While we cant foresee the future, we can use our proprietary investment
methods which help to reduce risk and raise the chances of meeting your
return objective.
08 BENCHMARKING
Weighting
%
Active Benchmarking
Total Return
%
Composite Benchmark
10.8
25
45
20
10
-1.2
12.2
14.8
7.5
100
8.9*
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Your portfolio
Benchmark
FT All Government Bond index
FTSE 100 UK Equity index
FTSE World ex UK Equity index
Alternatives composite index
+1.9
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It is the choice of asset class (cash, bond, equity, alternative) and geographic
market (UK vs Japan, for example) that is the most important determinant
of investment returns. For this reason we place great emphasis on helping
clients to select the asset mix that is suitable for their needs and then actively
monitor and manage that mix.
10 making investment
decisions
There are two stages to the investment process:
F
irst we decide whether, and to what degree, we will
deviate from your chosen asset allocation.
S
econd, we select individual securities to populate
each asset class.
Asset Allocation
Stock Selection
VALUATION AND
MOMENTUM ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
MARKET FORECASTS
EXPECTED AND WORST CASE
OPTIMISATION
ASSET
ALLOCATION
Expected outcome
Worst case
Objective
Subjective
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Quantitative screening
B
onds - We select individual bonds by reference
to their date of maturity, liquidity, credit risk and
prospective return relative to risk.
E
quities - We operate a three stage process for
identifying attractive stocks to buy and, once
purchased, for selecting the right time to sell:
1. A computer model analyses the top 300 UK companies
and identifies those that are undervalued and those
that are overvalued based on each companys price
to earnings ratio relative to the market.
2. Analysis of the strategic direction, competitive
forces and quality of management for those
companies highlighted by stage 1.
3. Analysis of a companys cash flow to identify
whether it is creating value for shareholders.
Business strategy
analysis
Cash-flow analysis
Performance
monitoring
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Name:
CAROLINE BISHOP
Date of Birth:
04 / 6 / 1966
Occupation:
Company Director
12 case study
The best way to understand how we use these concepts
to manage our clients wealth actively and successfully is
through a case study.
Caroline Bishop is a company director, aged 48, who had
savings of 400,000 intended to pay for a pension in 15
years time. She aspires to growing her savings to reach
a purchasing power of 1.0m over this time, which she
hoped would produce a pension of 50,000 per annum,
assuming a 5% annuity rate at the date of purchase.
After discussions with her financial adviser, she realised
she needed a real return of 6% to meet her goals. After
aligning her risk and return, she decided a portfolio
with 25% in bonds, 65% in global equities and 10% in
alternative investments would be most likely to meet her
needs. That provided her with a total return expectation
of 6% above annual inflation, with a downside risk of 23%
in any twelve month period based on the recent past. She
realised that she had a 50% probability of achieving this
outcome, and a 15% chance that her portfolio would only
grow to 600,000.
The bond investment was made through UK listed
securities. Around half of the bond portfolio was invested
in gilts (UK government bonds) which provided the most
predictable source of return. The balance was in high
quality corporate bonds, which offered a higher yield
than gilts to reflect the additional risk associated with an
Asset Class
Bonds
Equities
Alternatives
Market
Benchmark
Portfolio
Gilts
Corporates
25
0
10
10
Sub total
25
20
UK
USA
Europe
Asia
44
13
5
3
48
12
6
6
Sub total
65
72
4
3
3
3
3
2
10
100
100
Property
Hedge funds
Commodities
Sub total
Total
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An Account Structure to Meet Your
Varying Needs
We can accommodate all of your different investment needs:
Y
ou may have a variety of liabilities, each with a
different time horizon or a different risk profile. For
example, saving to pay for school fees in three years
time may require a different strategy compared to
investing for a pension in twenty years. Each strategy
may have a different account with a different benchmark.
Y
ou may wish to take advantage of the opportunities
for saving tax, such as through an Individual Savings
Account or Personal Pension.
Y
ou and your partner may wish to have separate
accounts and / or a joint account for personal or for
tax reasons.
Y
ou may wish to have an execution only account for
occasional personal share dealings.
All of these needs can be accommodated within our
flexible systems. Importantly, our reports show both
the individual accounts plus a consolidated valuation,
allowing you to track all aspects of your overall wealth.
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Other Services
Should you require other financial services we can effect
an introduction to an independent financial adviser who
can provide advice in areas such as:
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The unique structure of Raymond James allows clients to benefit from the
security and technology of a major global financial services company whilst
still enjoying the investment flair and personal service that only comes from
a boutique.
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Corporate Profile
Matthew Hunt
Contact Us
To discuss how we can help you address your investment needs or to arrange a meeting with one of our advisers,
please contact:
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Matthew Hunt
+44 (0)20 7392 2811
[email protected]
Tom Ball
+44 (0)20 7392 2815
[email protected]
Important Information
Issued by Prospect Wealth Management. Certain investments carry a higher degree of risk than others and are,
therefore, unsuitable for some investors. The value of investments, and the income from them, can go down as
well as up, and you may not recover the amount of your original investment. Past performance is not a reliable
indicator of future results. Where an investment involves exposure to a foreign currency, changes in rates
of exchange may cause the value of the investment, and the income from it, to go up or down. The taxation
associated with a security depends on the individuals personal circumstances and may be subject to change.
The information in this document is not intended as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell securities or any other
investment or banking product, nor does it constitute a personal recommendation. The information shown is
believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed. Any opinion or forecast constitutes our judgment as at the
date of issue and is subject to change without notice. The research and analysis in this document have been
procured, and may have been acted upon, by Prospect Wealth Management and connected companies for their
own purposes, and the results are being made available to you on this understanding. Neither Prospect Wealth
Management nor any connected company accepts responsibility for any direct or indirect or consequential loss
suffered by you or any other person as a result of your acting, or deciding not to act, in reliance upon such
research and analysis.
Prospect Wealth Management (PWM) is a trade name of Raymond James Investment Services Ltd
(Raymond James) utilised under exclusive licence. Raymond James is a member of the London Stock
Exchange and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England
and Wales, number 3779657. Registered office 77 Cornhill London EC3V 3QQ.
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