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Shawnxz · 2024年07月13日

为什么这题只有对DB的解释?不是问对比DB和DC吗?

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问题如下:

(1) Contrast the time horizon and liquidity constraints of the R-Cubed pension and defined contribution plans.

选项:

解释:

Time Horizon

While both retirement plans can be considered long-term, the time horizon of the defined benefit pension plan is shorter than that of the defined contribution plan because of its frozen status.

No new participants will be joining the pension plan and it will be wound down over time as existing participants and their beneficiaries die.

Liquidity Constraints

The defined benefit pension plan has a greater liquidity constraint due to its older workforce and the fact that the benefit will be paid out over the indeterminate lives of the participants and their beneficiaries.

The possibility of early retirement and lump-sum payouts amplifies this situation.

Further, the pension plan’s benefits are indexed to inflation, increasing the magnitude of benefit payouts going forward.

为什么这题只有对DB的解释?不是问对比DB和DC吗?

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lynn_品职助教 · 2024年07月14日

嗨,爱思考的PZer你好:


是要对比哦


这道题的题干是Contrast the return and risk objectives of the R-Cubed pension and defined contribution plans


实际上就是要比较R-Cubed pension(题干没写清楚,实际上他是想指DB Plan)与DC Plan的Return和Risk。


所以答案是从DB与DC这两个主体出发对比写的。


答案下面就说,本题的DB plan的收益目标小于DC(DC并没有明确的收益目标)。这个结论主要是从表格对比得到的因为本题DB Plan可承受风险的能力相对较弱,因此Return目标定得也会更低一些。


The return objective of the pension plan is lower than that of the defined contribution plan, which has no well-defined benefit target.


并不是全部的DB都这样


下面这个答案是说,DC Plan可以追求增值型头寸(Growth media),来获得超额Alpha收益,而Pesion(DB)的收益目标是需要meet Payout。


这点就是我们所学到的,DB plan投资存在法定约定好的Payment目标需要满足,而DC没有明确的投资目标,具体要看员工自己选的投资标的。


While the return of the defined contribution plan may be oriented more towards growth media in pursuit of higher alpha strategies, the pension plan has ongoing and increasing payout targets to meet. 


接着下面这句说,DB plan的投资目标不能仅仅满足产生现金流支付Payout (production of Income)的要求,还需要投资增值型头寸来保证购买力,同时降低Underfunded status。


这点也完全正确,DB plan,整体上是Asset-liability investing,是兼顾资产与负债的投资,是要让资产的增值与负债的增长同步,要维持Funded status,同时还产生现金流支付Payment是我们的目标。这里的保持购买力就是指资产要至少要实现一个inflation的收益。


The pension plan cannot focus exclusively on the production of income. It will need to invest in growth-oriented media to preserve the purchasing power of its contractual benefits as well as to amortize its underfunded status over time.


实际上我们答题的时候,把DB与DC的Investment objective各自写上即可。

DB如下:


DC如下:

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