Afin-Super is the largest superannuation and pension fund in Macquarieland. To promote pension and annuity service,...

 

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Afin-Super is the largest superannuation and pension fund in Macquarieland. To promote pension and annuity service, Afin-Super is serving a short-term experience plan (STEP). Plan joiners will be paid $10,000 once a year for a 2-year period (2 payments in total). The first payment will come in 5 years from now. The yield curve is flat at 5% for all maturity. Interests are compounded annually. (a) What is the Macaulay duration of STEP? [2 marks] (b) Afin-Super plans to use 5-year and 9-year zero-coupon bonds to immunise STEP. How much money should Afin-Super allocate to these bonds for each STEP obligation? [4 marks] (c) If the whole yield curve suddenly shifts to 2% right after the first payment be made 5 years from now: (i) How much will Afin-Super be short of in the last payment, if Afin-Super do not immunise the obligation? [4 marks] (ii) How much will Afin-Super be short of in the last payment, if Afin-Super keep their immunising portfolio? [6 marks] Afin-Super is the largest superannuation and pension fund in Macquarieland. To promote pension and annuity service, Afin-Super is serving a short-term experience plan (STEP). Plan joiners will be paid $10,000 once a year for a 2-year period (2 payments in total). The first payment will come in 5 years from now. The yield curve is flat at 5% for all maturity. Interests are compounded annually. (a) What is the Macaulay duration of STEP? [2 marks] (b) Afin-Super plans to use 5-year and 9-year zero-coupon bonds to immunise STEP. How much money should Afin-Super allocate to these bonds for each STEP obligation? [4 marks] (c) If the whole yield curve suddenly shifts to 2% right after the first payment be made 5 years from now: (i) How much will Afin-Super be short of in the last payment, if Afin-Super do not immunise the obligation? [4 marks] (ii) How much will Afin-Super be short of in the last payment, if Afin-Super keep their immunising portfolio? [6 marks]

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a The Macaulay duration of STEP is 5 years b AfinSuper should allocate 2500 to the 5year bond and 41... View the full answer