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Table of Contents Research reflective Report .............................................................................................................. 1

Research Methods & processes ...................................................................................................... 1

Literature & Sources ....................................................................................................................... 2

Knowledge ...................................................................................................................................... 4

Learning .......................................................................................................................................... 5

Critical Thinking and Ideas ............................................................................................................. 6

Barrier Met ...................................................................................................................................... 7

Professional Development .............................................................................................................. 8

Objectives ....................................................................................................................................... 9

Findings and outcomes ................................................................................................................. 10

Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 11

Reference ...................................................................................................................................... 12

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Research reflective Report

A research reflection report is a report regarding the internal thoughts about the particular

issue or topic under the study. Basically, it is referred as the self examination of the researcher

about his work. A research project is a multifold task involving experimentation, data collection

and analysis and many more. One can convey all the experiences, learning along with the

barriers, which are being faced during the project (Reflective research paper handboo, n.d).

This research contributed greatly in improving my knowledge not in the field of

marketing but also in other subjects of study. Major topics researched under this report are of

personal investors. Institutional investors, Investment management, the RIA industry, investment

vehicles, mutual funds, index funds, exchange-traded funds, collective investment schemes,

venture capital funds etc. it helped me analyzing how to start partnership with a big firm and

focus on the institutional clients, Starting partnership with a big firm and concentrate on the

existing niche i.e. high-net-worth individuals, the ways to Start partnership with 401(k) plan


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administrators and start partnership with a manager and outsource CIO services. While doing this

research knowledge about this topic greatly increased (Travers, 2004).

Further, I have gained in depth knowledge about Windward Investment Management,

who is the major players in the industry. This research method also increases the knowledge

about various aspects of carrying out research. Conducting a market research is a tedious task

and requires lots of dedication and determination for perfect execution and achievement of the

research objectives (Chris, 2009). Thus, this research has increased my awareness about various

methods of research and how it is useful for the organizations. Data analysis has helps me in

improving my analytical skills and also helped me in learning a great deal about Windward

Investment Management. All of these learning from the research can better be used not only in

the financial service sector industry but also in any company belonging to any industry and any

corner of the globe. This research has made me understood both the point view of the investors

as well as the management (Williams, 2005).

By carrying out the research through various research methods it has helped me

understand time management, which will help me in future work. I have increased by capability

in understanding the investors and the market which will help in my career and helped me focus

on my interest (Research Methodology: An Introduction, n.d).

Literature & Sources

Literature review is the method that offers theoretical input to addressing a given research

topic. It is mainly done with the in depth study of the secondary sources. This cannot be

regarded as any sort of inventive experimental work; rather, it is done with the assistance of

already existing and accessible sources. The literature review is planned in a well structured style

through the insertion of the individual insights in the different literary sources. The most

important theories or literature sources that are used to justify the research and the major project

are as follows:

The meaning of investors by Khoury (1983) and Kaptan (2001) is explained in the report.

The difference between the Personal Investors and institutional investors is explained in

the report by taking the views and theories of Mejorada (2001), (Faulkenberry and

Sauvain (1973) in understanding the concept of personal investors. the concept of



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Institutional Investors was studied by analyzing the views of Jeffrey and et al. (2006),

Sharpe (1981) and Lecraw (1993).

The literature reviews of Bernestein (2003), Haidar (2009), Travers,(2004) and Wagner

and Rieves, (2009) on investment management has helped in understanding the ways and

aspects that has to be kept in mind for investing.

The RIA industry was understood by studying the views of Jeffrey, Goyal and Wahal

(2007) and Condon, (2011).

The concept of Investment Vehicles was evaluated by the theories given by the New

Zealand trade and enterprise (2012) and Brull (2006).

Visokavičienė, 2010).

Overall this project has enhanced my understanding and knowledge about Windward

Investment Management. It also provided me an opportunity to understand the various

investment strategies.



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Knowledge

This research project has been very knowledgably and wonderful experience for me.

The key areas of the knowledge I have achieved from carrying out this project are as follows:

I gained my knowledge in the insight of the RIA industry which is going to be very

beneficial for my future studies.

It helped me to explore different alternatives of growth strategies and improvement for

Windward.

It helped me understand and identify the most suitable financing alternative for

Windward in the existing situation.

It helped me balance and understand time value and how to manage it, in order to work in

a precise manner (Bollen and Jeffrey, 2005).

It helped me understand when the firm should go and when it should not for increasing

client base strategy.

It helped me in understanding best suitable fund raising means for the organizations and

firms.

It increased my knowledge in understanding the best suitable growth strategy that a firm

or organization should adopt for sustaining future growth prospects.

It helped me in understanding and having deeper knowledge about Windward Investment

Management.

It helped in broadening my vision in the field of investment for instant Windward is

currently serving to the US populace and has a wide scope of entering into some other

regions with greater growth prospects (Benaroch, 2001).

It has increased my knowledge in the methods of research tools and the way the research

project should be carried out.

It has increased my confidence in carrying out further research projects in this field.

This research has helped me in interacting with various experts, which has increased my

Knowledge as well as desire to work further under this topic.

Conducting this research has been very useful and knowledgeable experience for me. In

the academic career conductance of this research work was quite exciting and has

improved my learning. Doing this project has helped increasing my understanding about



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the importance of research and the methods that can be used for implementing the

research plan. This project has increased by knowledge tremendously in understanding

the Windward Investment Management (Steier and Greenwood, 1995).

Learning

The aspects learned from the following programmes are as follows:

MBA Program: The things learned from the MBA programmes are as follows:

It helped me in adopting a professional personality.

It increased and enhanced my communication skills and helped me in increasing my

vocabulary in technical terms.

Major Project: The major project has increased my understanding in the various concepts

like personal investors, Institutional investors, Investment management, the RIA industry,

investment vehicles, mutual funds, index funds, exchange-traded funds, collective investment

schemes, venture capital funds etc. it helped me analyzing how to start partnership with a big

firm and focus on the institutional clients, Starting partnership with a big firm and

concentrate on the existing niche i.e. high-net-worth individuals, the ways to Start

partnership with 401(k) plan administrators and start partnership with a manager and



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outsource CIO services. It has increased by knowledge in all this aspects and has helped in

understanding the future trends of investment (Jeffrey, Knittel, Neumann and Stewart, 2006).

Hence the entire three programmes MBA programme, research programme and the major

project has helped in increasing the knowledge and helped in learning many aspects in many

ways.

Critical Thinking and Ideas

Company Windward is growing at a fast speed and for future the same company is

needed so company is trying to find new opportunities. As from a long time Windward industry

has been concentrating on the niche market. Furthermore, for more development now company

is trying to focus on the institutional investors (Zupan, 2011).

For investment in any company the economic theory plays a main role. It suggests that

the investment always needs a high degree of safety and the security of return with principal.

And before investing in any company detailed identification must be done by the investor. In

identification the objectives of company must be clear before investment as the risk tolerance

capacity, liquidity, taxes, legal considerations etc. After investing the analysis says that in a

company an investment manager plays a main role. He needs to understand the relations among

the field of investment and economics offers as an establishment for making assessment in areas

such as risk and return analysis, pricing and many others all this plays a main role in

management (Jackson, 2003).

As RIA industry provides a suitable advice to the clients related to the investment is also

a good strategy. Company always tries to attract the investors for the investment with new and

innovative ideas for the growth of the company. For attracting the investors a profit must always

be given to them so the portfolio management should be very fully diversified as in bonds risk

are less so some part must be secured in this. Then the number comes of mutual fund and ETFs.

All the basic portfolio plans are for earning people but the 401(k) plan supports after the

retirement of the person (Hagin, 2004). In this plan a limited contribution is required then after

the retirement money is given again. Moreover, the investment in this fund must be according to

the future needs as in future the fund should be satisfied for the investors.

Windward Company can take five actions for development either it can do partnership

with big company and focus on the institutional investors. As company will get a new market



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with big firm its capital and value will increase and the management responsibility will decrease

so can easily concentrate on the new institutional investors. Company can also try to being with

there niche investor after the partnership as their experience will help them to develop in the

market. A new 401(k) plan also can support as company has to create the demand among the

investors either in niche or in institutional by adding this fund in the portfolio. Company can find

a new project also for the development.

But according to me company has to adopt the new 401(k) plan as it is new in market and

will attract lots of people. Only the creating the demand among the investors is needed as it will

go with niche as well as institutional investors also.

aware about the research topic. Lack of understanding among the researcher also became the

barrier of the research as less knowledge and understanding of the researcher became a limitation

(Ruyter and Scholl, 2004).

After this all barriers in the research still it became possible to do the research and getting

a good result.



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Professional Development

Time management and Planning Skills: Time management skills are the ability of recognizing

and solving the time managing problem. This skill develops the schedule management of the

research. Scheduling is managing the time of each and every aspect of the work. Planning skills

generates a planning ability of the person. In these skills the planning and arrangement of each

and every work in a fixed scheduled time is done (Jacka and Keller, 2009).

Financial Management Skills: The research increases the money management skills as how to

manage money and even the portfolio of the person. It generates the ability of creating the

budget and how to meet the requirements in fixed money. It also increases the ability of saving

the receipts of every purchase for the research as at last the full calculation surprised me about

spending (Fabozzi, 1999).

Communication Skills: It also increases my communication skills, as now it is possible for me to

share my thoughts with the confidence. And now is become possible for me to know about my

thoughts for finding the goal. It also gives me power to influence and encourage others.

Moreover, I learned how to affectively listen the other person.

Organization Skills: Organize work helps a person to get success in a less time. It became

possible for me to discover my organization skills. As if the person has less resources but by a

good organization and without wasting the time he /she can easily find its goal. Now, I frame

each and every work and then start doing it.

Continues Self- Development Skills: It is one the best learning I learned that for ourselves

development continues learning is required and that can only developed by accepting the self

development skills. In this evaluation of our work become possible. Now the focusing towards

the goal ability is increased in me.

Presenting Skills: A Presentation is a speedy and potentially successful method of getting stuff

done through other people. In managing any job, presentations are used as a proper method for

planning, monitoring and result. So after generating a presentation skill it helps me to find the

researcher for the research (Riddle, 2012).



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These all are the skills which are generated in me as in a research after facing so many

barriers it become possible for me to get good results because of only this skills.

Objectives

Objectives are the end results for which a person or any system wish to attain in a given

timeframe and with the available resources. MBA program aims to offer the knowledge and

skills required for becoming a successful manager. It has a wide base with integrated subject

knowledge for career advancement rather than being a technical training for a specific job. The

objectives of this program for a student are to attain the foundations in content and competencies,

which will support him/her for developing as effective managers.

On the completion of this major project following objectives have been achieved:

Knowledge development for an entrepreneurial career, its pitfalls, challenges, issues,

management, fund financing etc

Comprehending different analytical tools and perspectives of decision making in a

complex business world

Development of organizational skills for managing change and effective implementation

of different strategies and policies in the context of the organization



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Attaining an understanding about the body of knowledge for different functional areas of

any business

Development of leadership skills, spirit of teamwork along with supervision

Skills

Comprehending the utility of technology in effective management

The ability to function effectively in a diverse and global business environment

Findings and outcomes

Findings and outcomes are the shell of any study. These provide us the results of the

entire work. On the basis of these, final recommendations have to be made. Here, for the present

case the findings not only are useful in the present case but can be applied to the future

encountering cases of same or almost alike conditions from different or similar industry.

Recommendations have been forayed on the basis of the industrial data and the suitability

of the choice for Windward both from availability of resources and feasibility of management.

Windward has been struggling with some tribulations, such as the incursion in new client base of

institutional investors and new service of advisory, financing of new ventures, image of key man

risk and consideration for 401(k) plans as a new target client base.

Based on the entire study and knowledge, Windward has been recommended to continue

its current business and assign a team of professionals to design new strategies and portfolios for

meeting the requirements of the institutional clients. Also, to overcome the risk of key man risk,

firm can utilize the phantom equities assigned to the principal contributors in the firm. Besides

all, it can plan for entering in to the 401(k) plans market.

This case study has provided a new prospect for thinking and managing things in a

business. It has been an awful and versatile experience for the writer and will be same for the

readers. All through this study, understanding about the US RIA industry and investment

management business has been groomed. It has been interesting to read about various literatures

associated with the project. Innovative products of the industry have kept my interest in the

study.

This Major project has helped me to groom the knowledge about the US RIA industry

and trends along with developing strategic alternates in the case like situations. Major findings of

the current project, which can be helpful for the reader or the subordinates, are:



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1. Entrepreneurship rests in a continuously exploratory person, who looks for opportunity

in each challenge. Similarly, while analyzing the case of any entrepreneurial start-up, a

consultant can use this. Exposure to different functional areas of a business and sound

knowledge of the market, are the two basic requirements of the success for a new set-

up.

2. Expertise in a particular field is better than a versatile approach. For example, while

analyzing a company’s case of seeking for diversification, a consultant should

thoroughly analyze all the positive and negative points prior to any recommendation.

Conclusion

This project has provided a new prospect for thinking and managing things. The present

study has been an awful and versatile experience. The conductance of this study has been a

stimulating and aiding course. All through this study, understanding about the US RIA industry

and investment management business has been groomed. It has been interesting to read about

various literatures associated with the project. Innovative products of the industry have kept my

interest in the study.



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