1. A large finance company has assets of 15 bil and liabilities of 12 bil. The Macaulay duration of the assets are 2.5 years. The Macaulay duration of the liabilities is 6 years.
   1. Managements objective is to immunize its net equity exposure against interest rates. Does the current situation accomplish this objective? Why or why not?

2. The company would like to immunize its net equity position by restructuring 8 billion of its liabilities. What is the required duration of the eight billion dollar portion of the liabilities in order to immunize its net equity position?