A pension fund manager is holding a 10-year 10% coupon bond in the fund’s portfolio, and...
A pension fund manager is holding a 10-year 10% coupon bond in the fund’s portfolio, and the interest rate is currently 10%. What loss would the fund be exposed to if the interest rate rises to 11% tomorrow?
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A pension fund manager is holding a 10-year 10% coupon bond in
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You currently have pension fund assets of $15 million in a bond portfolio with a Macaulay...
You currently have pension fund assets of $15 million in a bond portfolio with a Macaulay duration of 10. Your liabilities are $2.7 million per year starting 30 years from today (i.e. at time 30) and lasting for 30 years (i.e. the last payment is at time 60). The yield curve is flat with spot rates constant at 4% for all maturities. (a) Compute the present value of your liabilities. Do you have enough assets to cover those liabilities? (b)...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 9%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: Expected Return 17% Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) Standard Deviation 38% 18 13 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.12. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset...
A hedge fund is holding a three-year, $10 million face value 6 percent annual coupon bond...
A hedge fund is holding a three-year, $10 million face value 6 percent annual coupon bond selling at par. In addition to interest rate risks what is one other risk associated with this type of bond and why?
A bond fund currently holds a bond portfolio with a face value of $10 million....
A bond fund currently holds a bond portfolio with a face value of $10 million. The current market value of the portfolio is only 92.2% of face, however. The fund’s managers anticipate a rise in bond yields (interest rates) in the near future, so they desire a T-bond hedging strategy to protect themselves. Given their rate expectations, should they short or go long in T-bond futures? Explain. The risk managers use $100,000 face value T-bond contracts. If they use...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return Standard Deviation Stock fund (S) 15 % 32 % Bond fund (B) 9 % 23 % The correlation between the fund returns is 0.15. a. What would be the...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 4.0%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: Expected Return STD DEV Stock fund (S) 10% 32% Bond fund (B) 7 24 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.13. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 4.1%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: Expected Return Standard Deviation 33% 11% Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) 25 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.16. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and...
Problem 7-7 10 points A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is...
Problem 7-7 10 points A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 9%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: eBook Expected Return 20% 11 Standard Deviation 35% Print Stock fund (5) Bond fund (B) 15 References The correlation between the fund returns is 0.09. Solve...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long- term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return 15% Stock fund (5) Bond fund (B) Standard Deviation 32% 23% 9% The correlation between the fund returns is 0.15. a. What would be the investment proportions of...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 5%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: Expected Return Standard Deviation Stock fund (S) 17 % 30 % Bond fund (B) 11 22 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.10. You require that your portfolio yield...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 9%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: Expected Return 17% Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) Standard Deviation 38% 18 13 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.12. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 4.1%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: Expected Return Standard Deviation 33% 11% Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) 25 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.16. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and...
Problem 7-7 10 points A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 9%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: eBook Expected Return 20% 11 Standard Deviation 35% Print Stock fund (5) Bond fund (B) 15 References The correlation between the fund returns is 0.09. Solve...
A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long- term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return 15% Stock fund (5) Bond fund (B) Standard Deviation 32% 23% 9% The correlation between the fund returns is 0.15. a. What would be the investment proportions of...
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