A pension portfolio manager is about to upgrade his performa…

A pension portfolio manager is about to upgrade his performance calculation software. Currently, his performance software will only calculate his performance on a quarterly basis. The quarterly performance numbers calculated on a money-weigh ted rate-of- return basis for the year 2017 are shown below. The portfolio benchmark has annual return of 4.2 percent and the market index has a return of 3.4 percent.            QUATER                 RETURN             1                               5.35%             2                               -2.34%             3                               4.62%             4                               1.25%   Calculate the rate of return for 2017

Suppose an analyst is valuing two markets. Market A is a dev…

Suppose an analyst is valuing two markets. Market A is a developed market, and Market B is an emerging market. The investor’s time horizon is five years. The other pertinent facts are:   Measure Value Sharpe ratio of the global portfolio 0.29 Standard deviation of the global portfolio 8% Risk-free rate of return 4.5% Degree of market integration for Market A 80% Degree of market integration for Market B 65% Standard deviation for Market A 18% Standard deviation for Market B 26% Correlation of Market A with global portfolio .87   Correlation of Market B with global portfolio .63   Estimated illiquidity premium for A 0   Estimated illiquidity premium for B 2.4   Referring to Table: What is the expected return in each market?

What are the primary differences between a defined benefit…

What are the primary differences between a defined benefit and a defined contribution plan?        I.   The investment risk is carried by the participant with defined contribution plans and by the sponsor with defined benefit plans.        II.  Defined benefit plans have historically outperformed defined contribution plans. One possible reason for this could be better access to professional asset management.        III. Defined benefit plans are portable, while defined contribution plans are not.

Consider an US-based foundation with spending rate of 3 perc…

Consider an US-based foundation with spending rate of 3 percent and cost of earning investment returns has averaged 50 basis points annually. The asset allocation and the set of capital market expectations are shown below.  The expected long-term inflation rate is 2.5 percent. Table 3 Capital Market Expectations Asset class E(ri) si Correlations A B C D A US equities 9% 18% 1       B Ex-US equities 8 14 0.60 1     C US bonds 4 8 0.30 0.20 1   D Real estate 1 7 0.50 0.40 0.10 1    Table 4 Corner portfolios Portfolio E(rp) sp Sp wi A B C D 1 9.0% 18.0% 0.39 100% 0% 0% 0% 2 7.9 16.7 0.35 65 35 0 0 3 7.5 15.4 0.38 37 53 0 10 4 5.0 12.4 0.36 0 25 43 32 5 4.6 10.1 0.32 0 11 55 34 Between which two corner portfolios will be situated the strategic asset allocation that satisfies the foundation return requirement?

This questions checks how you take screenshots. Take a scree…

This questions checks how you take screenshots. Take a screenshot of the window containing the setting to save on the Cloud or on your laptop by default. Don’t take a screenshot of the whole screen. Paste the screenshot and below it write an explanation on why you decided on that setting.