A pension fund has an average duration of its liabilities equal to 15 years. The fund is looking at 5-year maturity zero-coupon bonds and 4% yield perpetuities to immunize its interest rate risk. How much of its portfolio should it allocate to the zero-coupon bonds to immunize if there are no other assets funding the plan?   52.38%   48.38%   33.58%   25.48%

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