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Wurster, Liz
Global Asset Allocation: Investing in a Time of Debt and Uncertainty
GEM-0215 | Published March 23, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2025, pension fund manager Lynda Chen was troubled. She knew how important portfolio returns were for the pension’s finances. The fund’s assets ensure the pension’s health, as portfolio retur... Read More
Global Asset Allocation: Investing in a Time of Debt, Deficits, and Quantitative Easing
Warnock, Francis E. Wurster, Liz
F-1738 | Published November 03, 2015 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Built into a pension fund's calculations was a 7% expected return, but in this world of debt, deficits, and quantitative easing (and negative interest rates!), could such a return be counted on? Or wa... Read More