北美精算师考试SOA——历年真题May2005Course6(最后一部分)
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10.(8points)Aninvestmenthousehasprovidedaninvestorwiththefollowing:
10.(8points)Aninvestmenthousehasprovidedaninvestorwiththefollowing:
ScenarioProbabilityFundAReturnFundBReturn
150%25%20%
230%10%-20%
320%-30%25%
TheannualT-billreturnis3%.
(a)CalculatethecorrelationcoefficientbetweenFundAandFundBusingthegiven
scenarios.
(b)Determinetheoptimalriskyportfolio,PortfolioP.Calculatetheexpectedreturn
andstandarddeviationofPortfolioP.
(c)CalculatetheslopeoftheCapitalAllocationLinesupportedbyT-billsand
PortfolioP.
(d)Theinvestorhasthefollowingutilityfunction:
(U=Er)?0.025σ2
Calculatetheamounttheinvestorwouldinvestineachof:
(i)FundA
(ii)FundB
(iii)T-bills
(e)Anotherinvestmenthousehasdevelopedaportfolio,PortfolioQ,usingFundA
andFundB.TheexpectedreturnofPortfolioQis10%andthestandard
deviationis12%.ExplainiftheinvestorshouldinvestinPortfolioQratherthan
PortfolioP.
Showallwork.
Course6:Spring2005-37-GOONTONEXTPAGE
AfternoonSession
11.(5points)Withrespecttonumericalinterestrateriskmanagementtechniques,
(i)Listanddefinethecommontechniques
(ii)Describethekeyshortfallsofeachcommontechnique
BaseyouranswerontheCanadianInstituteofActuariesEducationalNote“Measurement
ofExposuretoInterestRateRisk”.
12.(6points)CompanyABChasaninternationalfundthatisbenchmarkedagainstan
externalindex.Youaregiventhefollowingwithrespecttoabenchmarkportfolioand
ABC’sfundmanager’sportfolio:
Market
Benchmark
Weight
Returnon
EquityIndex
Currency
Appreciation
FundManager’s
Weight
FundManager’s
EquityReturn
Asian40%10%20%35%12%
European25%5%-10%7%
Australian35%7%25%20%
(a)Describetherisksthatareuniquetointernationalinvestments.
(b)Thefundmanager’sportfolioreturnmatchedthereturnoftheindex.Determine
theamountthatthefundmanagerinvestedintheEuropeanandAustralian
markets.
(c)Foryourportfolio,calculatetheindividualimpactsofeachofthefollowing:
(i)Currencyselection
(ii)Countryselection
(iii)Stockselection
Showallwork.
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AfternoonSession
13.(5points)Youaregiventhefollowingwithrespecttoan8-year,6%,sequential-pay
CMO:
TrancheInitialBalance
120,000
235,000
365,000
?TheannualpaymentrequiredtoamortizetheCMOovereightyearsis19,324.31.
?Theactualcashflowsareasfollows:
Year
Interest
Payment
RequiredPrincipal
Payment
Additional
PrincipalPayment
Outstanding
Balance
0120,000.00
17,200.0012,124.311,078.76106,796.93
26,407.8112,916.501,877.6192,002.82
35,520.1713,804.142,345.9675,852.72
44,551.1614,773.152,443.1858,636.39
53,518.1815,806.132,141.5140,688.75
62,441.3216,882.991,190.2922,615.47
71,356.9217,967.39185.924,462.16
8267.734,462.160.000.00
(a)DescribethetypesofCMOstructures.
(b)Calculatetheoutstandingbalanceforeachtrancheattheendofeachyear.
(c)Calculatetheinterestallocatedtoeachtrancheforeachofthefirstthreeyears.
Showallwork.
Course6:Spring2005-39-STOP
AfternoonSession
14.(4points)
(a)Describethecriteriaforselectinganinterestrategenerator.
(b)Describethecharacteristicsof
(i)alognormalprocess
(ii)ameanreversionarylognormalprocess
(c)DescribethestepsusedintheMarkovchainprocesstogenerateinterestrates.
15.(4points)
(a)Describetheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingstochasticsimulationwhen
pricingderivativesecurities.
(b)DescribethetechniquesthatareavailabletoreducevariancewhenusingMonte
Carlosimulation.
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