NO.PZ2018120301000014
问题如下:
Thesecond project for Serena is to help Trey immunize a $20 million portfolioof liabilities. The liabilities range from 3.00 years to 8.50 years with aMacaulay duration of 5.34 years, cash flow yield of 3.25%, portfolio convexityof 33.05, and basis point value (BPV) of $10,505. Serena suggested employing aduration-matching strategy using one of the three AAA rated bond portfoliospresented in Exhibit 2.
Basedon Exhibit 2, the portfolio with the greatest structural risk is:
选项:
A.
Portfolio A
B.
Portfolio B
C.
Portfolio C
解释:
Correct Answer: C
C is correct. Structural risk arises from the design of the duration-matching portfolio. It is reduced by minimizing the dispersion of the bond positions, going from a barbell structure to more of a bullet portfolio that concentrates the component bonds’ durations around the investment horizon. With bond maturities of 1.5 and 11.5 years, Portfolio C has a definite barbell structure compared with those of Portfolios A and B, and it is thus subject to a greater degree of risk from yield curve twists and non-parallel shifts. In addition, Portfolio C has the highest level of convexity, which increases a portfolio’s structural risk.
我想请问一下,这个的考虑顺序是什么呢?先是看BPV吗?Asset和liabilities BPV 想等,这三个是不是都和liabilities差不多?所以都可以吗? 然后是看convexity?大于liabilities的convexity里选个最小的?因为越大的convexity风险越大?那这里为什么还需要看barbell和bullet ladder ed呢?怎么看怎么比呢 像这种情况,会用到cfyield吗? 另外,我想请问一下,这里为什么要convexity大于liability,但是越小越好,但是其实涨多跌少是个好性质呢,不是越大越好吗?谢谢