Fixed income- Duration matching

CFA Level III
#1

Please correct me if I’m wrong in my understanding of duration matching

is when you buy Zero coupon bond but maturity dates are different from your liability’s maturity therefore you match the investment horizon of the bond with the liability’s maturity.

#2

That’s correct.

And you’ll have price risk (if the bond’s maturity is longer than the liability’s maturity) or reinvestment risk (if the bond’s maturity is shorter than the liability’s maturity).

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