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A pension fund will need to cover the following stream of liabilities over the

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Suppose today is November 30, 2052. A pension fund will need to cover the following stream of liabilities over the subsequent four years (in million dollars): To cover these liabilities, the pension fund intends to use a


portfolio comprised of the following 14 US treasury notes:


(a) Compute the dirty (full) price of each of the above 14 bonds. For consistency, assume today is November 30, 2052.

(b) Formulate a linear programming model to find the lowest-cost dedicated portfolio that covers the stream of liabilities. To eliminate the possibility of any interest risk, assume a 0% reinvestment rate on cash balances carried from one date to the next. Assume no short sales are allowed. What is the cost of your portfolio? What is the composition of your portfolio?

(c) Use the linear programming sensitivity information from part (b) to determine the term structure of interest rates implied by the portfolio.

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Accounts & FinanceA liability is a debt that a person or corporation owes to another party, generally in the form of money. Liabilities include loans, accounts payable, mortgages, deferred revenues, bonds, warranties, and accumulated costs, which are all recorded on the right side of the balance sheet. Current, non-current, and contingent liabilities are the three main categories of liabilitie...
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