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NISM case studies
One short story and its questions, like the case part of the real exam.
- NISM Series VIII case studies
- A bull call spread has a capped payoff
- NISM Series V-A case studies
- NAV and the amount an investor actually receives
- NISM Series XV case studies
- NISM Series XV case set 1
- NISM Series XV case set 2
- NISM Series XV case set 3
- Profit growth that has not become operating cash
- From enterprise value to equity value
- A buyback that raises EPS while reducing profit
- Operating leverage in a single-product company
- A report based on optimistic management claims
- Dissecting return on equity with DuPont analysis
- Reading a fictional bank’s spread and asset quality
- Relative valuation and a dividend model
- A moving average and an unconfirmed breakout
- Commodity balance and an importer’s exchange-rate exposure
- Consolidated profit is not all attributable to the parent
- A sum-of-the-parts valuation with a stress case
- Linking a required return to a dividend valuation
- A price increase with a demand response
- A probability-weighted forecast is not a promise
- NISM Series VII case studies
- A settlement team catches a mismatched trade
- NISM Series I case studies
- An exporter protects part of a dollar receipt
- NISM Series X-A case studies
- NISM Series X-A case set 1
- NISM Series X-A case set 2
- NISM Series X-A case set 3
- A household with wealth but limited ready cash
- Funding a dated education goal
- Reading the first month of a loan
- A shareholder’s return and stock split
- A bond below face value
- Mutual fund units and a disclosed exit load
- Rebalancing a portfolio with a cash withdrawal
- Performance with an external contribution
- Advice, consent and an undisclosed incentive
- A budget with quarterly freelance receipts
- Beginning-of-year versus end-of-year deposits
- A cheaper loan rate with a refinancing fee
- A rights issue and an investor’s choices
- A protective put on an existing holding
- A portfolio manager’s hypothetical fee agreement
- Matching a liability with a bond and a reserve
- Two assets whose risks do not move together
- A complaint about misleading performance
- Using spare cash without exhausting the reserve
- Choosing between money today and staged payments
- A high current yield with credit and liquidity risk
- Two purchases at different mutual fund NAVs
- An AIF commitment is larger than cash already called
- Position sizing under a hypothetical trading plan
- Allocating money across conflicting goals
- Comparing performance after adjusting for risk
- Onboarding and an account-change request
- NISM Series IV case studies
- A bond portfolio faces a parallel yield rise
- NISM Series VI case studies
- A delivery check separates free and pledged holdings
- NISM Series XVI case studies
- A wheat merchant keeps some basis risk
- NISM Series XXI-A case studies
- A distributor explains a hypothetical PMS fee statement
- NISM Series XII case studies
- One investment moves through primary and secondary markets
- NISM Series XIII case studies
- Daily futures settlement changes a cash balance
- NISM Series III-A case studies
- An employee trade is checked against explicit internal rules
- NISM Series IX case studies
- Fresh issue proceeds differ from an offer for sale
- NISM Series XIX-A case studies
- NISM Series XIX-A case set 1
- NISM Series XIX-A case set 2
- NISM Series XIX-A case set 3
- A commitment is not a cash payment
- Reading a fund’s capital account
- Checking fee bases before comparing products
- A simple distribution waterfall without catch-up
- A strong headline is not a complete due-diligence report
- From company values to fund NAV
- A private-credit return needs a loss assumption
- Reading the documents behind a verbal promise
- Presenting a valuation change fairly
- A tax illustration with explicit assumptions
- Growth capital and dilution
- A secondary sale includes future funding duties
- Diversification must be checked at the underlying level
- Early losses and later distributions
- Exit rights depend on the negotiated agreement
- NISM Series XXI-B case studies
- NISM Series XXI-B case set 1
- NISM Series XXI-B case set 2
- NISM Series XXI-B case set 3
- Rebalancing a client mandate
- Calculating a performance fee carefully
- Comparing risk-adjusted performance
- Pricing a two-year bond
- Reducing portfolio beta with index futures
- Allocating a partially filled order fairly
- Combining two risky assets
- Returns when the client adds money midway
- Explaining active return by allocation and selection
- A risk dashboard with different meanings
- Two valuation lenses on one company
- Meeting a withdrawal during a liquidity shock
- Looking through funds to see concentration
- Matching two known cash payments
- An overseas investment with a partial currency hedge
- A share split in two differently weighted indices
- Measuring the cost of an incomplete buy order
- Correcting a portfolio valuation before reporting
- NISM Series II-B case studies
- The registrar reconciles a folio after purchase and redemption
- NISM Series II-A case studies
- An RTA checks a rights entitlement
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