You are an analyst for a large public pension fund and you have been assigned th

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You are an analyst for a large public pension fund and you have been assigned the task of evaluating two different external portfolio managers (Y and Z). You consider the following historical average return, standard deviation, and CAPM beta estimates for these two managers over the past five years:

Portfolio Actual Avg. Return Standard Deviation Beta
Manger Y 10.20% 12.00% 1.20
Manger Z 8.80% 9.90% 0.80

Additionally, your estimate for the risk premium for the market portfolio is 5.00 percent and the risk-free rate is currently 4.50 percent.
For both Manager Y and Manager Z, calculate the expected return using the CAPM. Express your answers to the nearest basis point (i.e., xx.xx%).

Explanation / Answer

acc to CAPM expected return= Rf+beta(Rm-Rf) = Rf+betaxrisk premium manager Y = 4.5+1.20x5= 10.5% MAnager X 4.5+.8x5= 8.5%

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