3 a) A company has decided to use bonds to finance a liability of $20,000 that must be re-paid using two payments. The first payment of $5000 must be made at the end of 6.75 years and the second payment of $15,000 must be made at the end of 8 years. There are currently three bonds in the market that are suitable to immunize these payments, Bond 1 which is a five-year pure discount bond with a face value of $1000, Bond 2 which is an eleven-year pure discount bond issued one year ago with a face value of $1500 and Bond 3 which is a seven-year pure discount bond issued three months ago with a present value of $594.83. Given that the yield to maturity in the bond market is 8%, determine: (i) two separate portfolio strategies that will allow the company to immunize each liability payment. for each of the portfolio strategies computed in Part 3(a)(i) above, the number of units the company should buy in each bond (ii)
3 a) A company has decided to use bonds to finance a liability of $20,000 that must be re-paid using two payments. The first payment of $5000 must be made at the end of 6.75 years and the second payment of $15,000 must be made at the end of 8 years. There are currently three bonds in the market that are suitable to immunize these payments, Bond 1 which is a five-year pure discount bond with a face value of $1000, Bond 2 which is an eleven-year pure discount bond issued one year ago with a face value of $1500 and Bond 3 which is a seven-year pure discount bond issued three months ago with a present value of $594.83. Given that the yield to maturity in the bond market is 8%, determine: (i) two separate portfolio strategies that will allow the company to immunize each liability payment. for each of the portfolio strategies computed in Part 3(a)(i) above, the number of units the company should buy in each bond (ii)
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