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31 August 2023 Opportunity Partners Case 1. Evaluate the investment philosophy of Opportunity Partners. What is their approach to generating investment returns? The investment philosophy of Opportunity Partners was to move from being passive value investors to active value investors. This included multiple change: (1) to capture value when net asset value (NAV) is greater than the stock price, (2) to identify when the discount rate is higher than its equilibrium value, and (3) to buy closed-end funds and sell short the underlying securities to lock in a risk-free profit. There are some problems with this investment strategy. Some of these problems are: (1) it could be costly to sell short a country fund, (2) there is no guarantee that a risk-free profit is realizable, and (3) the underlying basket of securities can change over time which incurs basic risk. 2. Why does the Mexico Equity and Income Fund have a closed-end structure? What are the differences between closed-end and open-end funds? The Mexico Equity and Income Fund (MXE) has a closed-end structure because there are more profit advantages for them in this structure than an open-end structure. The benefits of closed-end structures includes: (1) not having to worry about redemptions, (2) it is suited for emerging market investing, (3) the assets are mostly stocks of the country named, (4) it is beneficial for international diversification, (5) it provides a way to overcome foreign investment restrictions, and (6) it is possible to have real time stock market entry and exit
decisions. By using a closed-end structure, MXE is able to gain many of these benefits simply from being a foreign entity. There are many differences between open-end and closed-end structures. A closed-end fund is issued at a fixed number of shares, can trade at a premium/discount to NAV, is traded on a listed exchange, does not need a fund manager, and does not continuously raise capital from investors after its initial offering. An open-end structure has an unlimited number of shares, can be purchased, or redeemed at NAV, needs a fund manager to handle inflows/outflows of capital, and can raise and allocate capital frequently. 3. What explains the patterns in Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 4? Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 4 show the volatility of the market and its effect on closed- end funds, more specifically MXE. Exhibit 2 shows the average closed-end fund discount, which has high dips and rises. When the average discount was small, more funds tended to appear, usually leading to another rise in the graph. Exhibit 4 shows MXE share price, AV, and discount/premiums. It is shown how susceptible the share price is during the Mexican economic crisis, therefore also affecting NAV and discounts/premiums. Share prices can be affected by multiple circumstances and using a strategy to keep NAV and share prices similar to each other, MXE and Opportunity Partners have to come up with ways to keep them close to each other to monitor discount/premium rates. 4. What should Goldstein do? The MXE board is currently intent on liquidation, but Opportunity Partners sees a disadvantage in this since it bears price pressures from the sale and Goldstein is not convinced that enough shareholder votes can be gathered for it to be passed. Considering
Goldstein’s strained relationship with the board as well as his own ideas, Goldstein should agree to liquidation under the condition that if it fails to gain shareholder approval, they continue with his investment strategy.
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