At the beginning of the year, the composition of the Blackrock mutual fund was as follows:
Stocks Number of Shares Price per share
Invested in
X 20 million $12
Y 30 million $31
Z 25 million $22
W 15 million $20
a) The fund has issued 100 million of its own shares to investors. The fund’s liabilities are the management fees paid to the portfolio manager ($1 million) and research costs ($10 million). What was the net asset value of the fund at the beginning of the year?