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This week we will analyze a case study by  John Minahan and Cate Reavis, Harry Markham’s Loyalty Dilemma.

SUMMARY

Harry Markham, a pension fund investment advisor, is torn about whether to tell the board of trustees of the pension fund he is advising that he believes the value of their projected liabilities are actually much larger than what the actuaries say they are. Confronted by the differing viewpoints held by economists and actuaries on how to value liabilities, Markham wonders, in light of the CFA Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct that he attests to on an annual basis, what are his duties and responsibilities as a professional and to whom—the trustees, his firm, the pensioners—he owes his loyalty.

Learning Objective

• To introduce students to differing views between actuaries and economists on pension fund liability valuation, and how these views can create conflicts of interest;
• and get students to think about how they might practice values-based leadership in a business setting.

Instructions:

• Follow guidelines for writing a case study analysis are provided in the Course Resource module. These guidelines were adopted from the Ashford University Writing Center
• Case analysis report must be written according to APA standards.
• Submit case analysis report in Microsoft Word format.

Case Study Analysis Grading Rubric