You are the manager of defined benefit pension plan of


You are the manager of defined benefit pension plan of university of XYZ. Assume plan fund has liability with market value $8 Billion and duration of liability is 12 years. Unfortunately, while the fund has $9 billion in assets largely consisting of bonds, their duration is only 8 years. This means that a steep decline in interest rates may increase present value of obligations by $1 Billion more than such a decline increases the value of fund's assets. While keeping a $1 Billion surplus in pension funds, find a self financing portfolio of 5 year treasury notes with duration of 4 years and 30 year treasury bonds with duration 10 years that will eliminate problem?

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