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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Global Asset Allocation: Investing in a Time of Debt, Supply Shocks, and Quantitative Tightening
Warnock, Francis E.; Wurster, LizCase DARDEN-GEM-0215-EEconomicsIn early 2023, pension fund manager Lynda Chen was troubled. She knew how important portfolio returns were for the pension’s finances. The fund’s assets ensure the pension’s health, as portfolio returns prefund the cost of the benefits the pension pays out to members. Built into Chen’s pension calculations was a 6.5% expected return, which, relative to other pension funds, was conservative. But in this world of massive debt levels, a series of ad...Starting at €8.20
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Global Asset Allocation: Investing in a Time of Debt, Deficits, and Quantitative Easing
Warnock, Francis E.; Wurster, LizCase DARDEN-F-1738-EBuilt into a pension fund's calculations was a 7% expected return, but in this world of debt, deficits, and quantitative easing (and negative interest rates!), could such a return be counted on? Or was it necessary to reduce the fund's expected returns assumptions? And whether or not assumptions on expected returns were changed, should the fund's global asset allocation be altered? This case provides an opportunity for students to form, in the co...Starting at €8.20