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问题如下：
Eileen Gension is a portfolio manager for Zen-Alt Investment Consultants (Zen-Alt), which assists institutional investors with investing in alternative investments. Charles Smittand is an analyst at Zen-Alt and reports to Gension. Gension and Smittand discuss a new client, the Benziger University Endowment Fund (the fund), as well as a prospective client, the Opeptaja Pension Plan (the plan).
The fund’s current
portfolio is invested primarily in public equities, with the remainder invested
in fixed income. The fund’s investment objective is to support a 6% annual
spending rate and to preserve the purchasing power of the asset base over a
10-year time horizon. The fund also wants to invest in assets that provide the
highest amount of diversification against its dominant equity risk. Gension
considers potential alternative investment options that would best meet the
fund’s diversification strategy.
Which asset class
would best satisfy the Fund’s diversification strategy?
选项：
A.Private equity
Private real estate
Absolute return hedge fund
解释：
C is correct. An absolute return hedge fund has a greater potential to diversify the fund’s dominant public equity risk than either private equity or private real estate. Absolute return hedge funds exhibit an equity beta that is often less than that of private equity or private real estate. Also, absolute return hedge funds tend to exhibit a high potential to diversify public equities, whereas equity long/short hedge funds exhibit a moderate potential to fulfill this role.
A is incorrect because although private equity provides moderate diversification against public equity, an absolute return hedge fund has a greater potential to do so. The primary advantage of private equity is capital growth.
B is incorrect because private real estate provides only moderate diversification against public equity, whereas absolute return hedge funds have a greater potential to do so. The primary advantage of private real estate is income generation.
请问这句话怎么理解呢？
Absolute return hedge funds exhibit an equity beta that is often less than that of private equity or private real estate. Also, absolute return hedge funds tend to exhibit a high potential to diversify public equities, whereas equity long/short hedge funds exhibit a moderate potential to fulfill this role.
