NO.PZ202301040900001002
问题如下:
(2) Recommend a new investment approach based for the Whatsit’s pension plan that is most likely to outperform the market. Justify your response and identify one advantage and one disadvantage of this approach.
选项:
解释:
Whatsit should use the endowment model.
Justification (either two of these is acceptable):
Long time horizon
High risk tolerance
Relatively small liquidity needs
Stuart’s experience with external managers to help with investment
Advantage:
Ability to capture alpha and outperform the market over a long-time horizon, that is, high value-added potential.
Disadvantages (either one of these is acceptable):
The endowment model is costly because of high alternative exposure, active management and outsourcing compared to a passive approach.
Difficult to implement if fund has large asset size.
the new apprach recommended is Endowment Model. the reasons are as following:
1.Endowment approach is outsoucing.Stuart has an extensive knowledge of external managers, which meet the Endowment approach's character.
2.Endowment approach is active management. Whatsit’s board asks Stuart to look into a new investment approach that could potentially outperform the market. Endowment approach have high value-addes potencial.
3.Endowment approach is characterized by high alternative exposure. and average age of the workforce remains low and the firm’s balance sheet has low debt to equity ratios, so the pension fund has low liquidity needs and high risk tolerance and long investment horizon, so can invest alternative.
advantage:
- have a high value-added potential
diavatange:
- costly and not transparant
- is difficult to understand an implement