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1、这道题Current portfolio是Norway model么?如果不是的话,我回答(如下)成了Norway model和Endowment model的区别能拿分么?
ESUE’s current approach is Norway Model, invested in a passively managed portfolio of public equities and fixed income securities with low tracking error limits. Verdue recommends the Endowment model.
The Endowment model is active management, whereas the Norway model is passive management.
The Endowment model has high exposure on alternative investments ,where as the Norway model is mainly focus on traditional investments in equity and bonds with few alternative investments.
The Endowment model pursue for higher alpha with reasonable level of risk, whereas the Norway model focus on low tracking error limits.
2、机构IPS的这个MOCK题前两问回答的跟答案的方向都不一样,没太理解这个CASE,老师可以再帮忙理清一下ESUE、AMLAIC这里面的相关关系么?
(1)Determine whether the ESUE spending policy is sufficient for AMLAIC’s needs. Justify your response.
我的回答:the ESUE spending policy is sufficient for AMLAIC’s needs.
The spending policy of the endowment has been to distribute 4% of assets annually. Total assets as of the last fiscal year were $1.1 billion, and the endowment funded about 2% of ESU’s operating budget. 1100*4%=44million is plan to be disributed annually.
AMLAIC annual operating expenses to be $1.8 million. The ESU Office of Sponsored Research estimates a 90% confidence interval for the mean value of annual research grant funds from outside sources to be $0.4 to $1.4 million.Both expenses and funding are expected to follow the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) ten-year average inflation rate of 2.8%. The approximate spending needs of AMLAIC is about 1.8*(1+2.8%)=1.8504million, which is only about 4.21% of ESUE’s spending policy distribution.
(2)Discuss two of ESUE’s liability characteristics that would favor an increase in risk tolerance.
two of ESUE’s liability characteristics favor an increase in risk tolerance:
Be able to borrow money from capital market by issuing bonds: ESU is empowered by the state to issue revenue bonds for capital improvements, such as buildings and dormitories. ESU’s bonds have a AA+ rating.