Good evening please help me with this question You have been appointed as the new investment manager for Retire-Easy Investments. In your firstmeeting with your investment team and analysts you have set out what the goals and performance targetsof the team should be as Retire-Easy investment funds have underperformed compared to yourbenchmarks over the past five (5) years. REQUIRED:Q.1.1Your first point of concern is that the previous investment strategy focused too muchon potential companies that followed a profit rather than a wealth maximisationapproach. Explain to the team the differences between the two approaches and focuson any three drawbacks of following a profit maximisation approach.

Profit maximization- Profit maximization is the short run or long run procedure by which a firm may…

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