Your firm decides to begin to fund a retirement pension for a new employee. The details of the pension plan  are as follows: 

1. The employee is 30 years old; the pension fund will begin to make annual payments to the employee 20  years from the date when funding for the pension begins.

 
2. When payments begin, the employee will receive quarterly payment for 15 years. The first quarterly  payment will be $ 20,000, and each succeeding payment will grow by 2.5% (annual rate 10%).

3. Money paid into the funds is assumed to earn constant 12% annual rate of return.

4. The annual contributions your firm makes to the fund will grow at a 3%. 

As a financial manager, please determine how much you need to deposit now to get this pension plan in  motion?

 
If the return from the funds is lower than 12%, will the retirement pension be under-funded or over-funded? Why?

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