Question 1
(a) Ten being ago, to supplement their plotted retirement, a couple bought a 25 year flexible savings plot for a target sum of £75,000, which was projected to grow at an annual equivalent rate (AER) of 8%. The insurance company, having reviewed their plot (as they do normally every 10 being), now inform the couple that they will have to increase their monthly premium as the rate of return has turned out to be lower than expected, or face the prospect of receiving a lump sum well below the target.
(i) Calculate the revised monthly premium for the next 15 being in order to meet the target sum of £75,000, based on a projected AER of 6%. (25%)
(ii) What would be the shortfall in the target sum if the couple continued paying their monthly premium as before, but the plot grows at 6% AER for the first 10 being, and then at 5% AER for the next 15 being? (25%)
(b) A householder takes out a mortgage of £75,000 to be repaid over 25 being at an assumed Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of 6.8 %. What would be the reduction in his monthly repayment if £10,000 of the hub were repaid at the end of 10 being, with a part repayment penalty charge of £199 added to the outstanding balance? (30%)
(c) A student loan company will lend you £5,000 now, repayable in 10 being with interest but the repayments will only start after 3 being when you graduate. What will be the end of year annual repayment for the remaining 7 being if the APR on the loan is 3.6%? (20%)
NB: It is better to go your early calculations to 6dp to avoid rounding off errors.
Question 2
(a) Using the present value of a flat term bond, clarify the link between the price, the par value and the rate of return on this bond. How do you distinguish between a bond that sells at a premium and a bond that sells at a discount? (20%)
(b) A £100 par value bond has a coupon rate of 8.25 per cent, to be paid semi-annually on 30 June and 31 December. The bond matures on 31 December 2010. Find the quoted price and the market price of this bond on 16 November 2006, given that the yield to maturity was 8 per cent. (20%)
(c) An investor has a selection of three assets. The expected income, expected standard deviations and the correlation matrix of income are:
Asset Expected Expected Correlation matrix
Return Stand dev A B C
A 2% 10% A 1.0 0.3 0.4
B 3% 12% B 1.0 0.2
C 4% 14% C 1.0
(i) Calculate the selection expected return and standard deviation if each asset constitutes one third of the selection. (15%)
(ii) Suggest weightings for the assets that would produce a selection with lower risk. Clarify what risk is and why it is reduced. (15%)
(iii) Trace out the efficient segment for the higher than data, explaining how this is obtained. What is the expected return on the smallest amount risk selection? (30%)
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