Description: Feature article discussing the too big to fail principle and whether or not strong competition is ideal in terms of the banking industry.

Description: The Funds Rate Target and Interest Rates by Daniel L. Thornton from Risks and Rewards Newsletter, April 2000, Issue No. 34. The close relationship between short term rates and the Federal Reserve's target for funds rate has led many observers to conclude that the Federal Reserve has considerable ability to influence short-term rates.

Description: What Makes the Yield Curve Move?

Description: Read the February 2020 issue of Risks & Rewards newsletter published by the Investment Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Short for Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst, this new international credential encompasses the most comprehensive and rigorous validation available for enterprise risk management.

Description: The Social Security System faces a funding crunch some 30 years in the future. Democrats and Republicans agree on the funding problem and that investing in the stock market can help fill the gap. But both views cannot be right.

Description: Why Write Variable Products When You Can Put the Money Directly into the Stock Market?

Description: What The Markets Should Reflect From The Victory In Iraq - A Candian’s Perspective

Description: A look at the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, and how it differs from both prior financial crises and pandemics. The COVID-19 pandemic gives actuaries an opportunity to assess different ways risk may interact, and thereby adjust the profession’s work for the future.

Description: This article discusses a run on the bank that occurred in the Korean securities market.