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必过50 · 2022年12月27日

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问题如下:

Chattahoochee Advisers Case Scenario

Miller tells Browne, “Chattahoochee provides its services to relatively small institutional investors, typically those with assets of USD20 million–USD100 million. Your primary goal is to attract new clients in our three primary target areas: insurance companies, defined benefit pension funds, and endowments and foundations.”

Miller continues, “The asset portfolios of our clients can vary widely. How well do you understand the differences between the investment approaches used by various institutions?”

Browne replies, “I’m familiar with a number of them. For our clients with long-term horizons and relatively low liquidity needs, we could recommend the Canadian model, which entails a high exposure to alternative investments. Given their primary investment objectives, pension funds and insurance companies are usually well suited to the liability-driven investing model.”

Browne asks Miller for some advice on developing a proposal for a potential client, the defined benefit pension plan for Tucker Manufacturing. Tucker is a publicly traded firm whose stock is a part of the Russell 2000 Index. The firm has been in business for 82 years and has a Fitch credit rating of BBB+.

The plan, which does not require any contributions from employees, has 160 retirees and 280 active employees. Employees vest fully after six years of service. The average age of active employees is 54 years, their average length of service is 26 years, and employees may retire and begin to collect benefits after 30 years of service. Benefits are based on years of service and the average salary during the last five years of service. Retirees receive a cost-of-living adjustment based on changes in the consumer price index. Prior to retiring, employees can choose to receive a lump sum payment in place of future pension benefits.

The asset allocation of the portfolio is

  • 37% publicly traded equity, mostly small-cap growth equities, about half of which is in Tucker common stock, which is considered a growth stock and pays no dividends;

  • 29% private equity, invested in two recently launched funds; and

  • 34% directly owned real estate, consisting of vacant land that is expected to be developed in 15–20 years.

The current value of plan assets is USD109 million. Values are calculated using market prices where available and third-party appraisals or valuations where market prices are unavailable or stale. The value of plan liabilities is USD93 million, which is calculated by discounting projected benefit payments using a discount rate equal to the average total return the current asset allocation would have earned over the last 15 years.

Browne tells Miller that Tucker Manufacturing’s management is happy the value of plan assets exceeds the value of plan liabilities by USD16 million. The company anticipates recording an asset on its balance sheet called “plan surplus” in this amount. She asks him whether he sees any problems with this idea.

Miller reminds Browne that her proposal should indicate any risks present in the Tucker pension fund that would be reduced by the Chattahoochee investment proposal. Browne responds, “I have been evaluating a number of potential risk sources and have identified some concerns that I will raise.”

Browne also shares her proposal for a revised investment objective for the Tucker pension:

The primary objectives of the Tucker Manufacturing pension plan are to maintain an asset portfolio that is duration matched to plan liabilities and over the long term earns a return equal to the inflation rate plus the growth rate in salaries of Tucker Manufacturing employees. The secondary objectives of the plan are to prevent being underfunded and avoid increasing required sponsor contributions above their historical level.

Question
Which characteristic would least likely affect Browne’s ability to attract new clients from his universe of target institutional investors?

选项:

A.Scale B.Investment horizon C.Regulatory requirements

解释:

Solution

A is correct. Small institutional investors, such as those in Browne’s USD20 million–USD100 million universe, typically outsource investment management operations. They lack sufficient scale to hire adequate resources for an investment function. Insurance companies have investment horizons that are different from those of endowments and foundations and defined benefit plans. Each of these types of institutional investors face different regulatory requirements.

B is incorrect. Insurance companies have investment horizons that are different from those of endowments and foundations and defined benefit plans.

C is incorrect. Each of these types of institutional investors face different regulatory requirements.

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lynn_品职助教 · 2022年12月27日

嗨,爱思考的PZer你好:


这道题也是官网题哈,官方practice的题我们要做但是出的质量都不太高,题目了解即可。


这道题是这样:Browne他家主要是为小规模的Institutional investors提供服务;也就是小规模的机构投资者可以将一些投资业务外包给Browne;

Browne他家的目标客户是:insurance companies,defined benefit pension funds,endowments and foundations


下来题目就问,以下哪一个因素Least likely影响Browne吸引目标客户的能力。


A选项的Scale,因为小规模的基金都会将一些投资业务外包,因此可以理解成Browne目标客户都是小规模的机构客户,包括小规模的insurance 、小规模的DB、小规模的Endowments and foundations。

所以从规模上来看,小规模的insurance companies,defined benefit pension funds,endowments and foundations都有可能会把投资业务外包给Browne,因此Scale这个因素不会影响到Browne吸引到这几家目标机构客户;


B选项的Investment horizon会有影响,因为目标客户这几个机构客户都有不同的投资期,目标客户的投资期有可能和Brown家产品的投资期不匹配,因此从Investment horizon的角度看,Browne有可能吸引不到目标客户。


C选项的Regulatory requirements会影响,因为目标客户这几个机构客户有不同的监管要求,目标客户的监管不一定允许投Brown家的产品。因此从监管要求看,Browne有可能吸引不到目标客户。

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