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  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    will argue that models have ceased to be the primary differentiators when discounting contingent events ... risk. Volatility is thought by many to be the primary risk metric. Easy to calculate and comparable ...

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    • Authors: Max Rudolph, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • A Practical Concept of Tail Correlation
    of estimation are described, which we call the direct and indirect methods, respectively. Using these ... of the first order diversification factors. By direct calculation we find: ⎩⎨ ⎧ ≠ ==−−−= − − ...

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    • Authors: Application Administrator
    • Date: May 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Economic capital; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Misconception #1: Plan Sponsor Risk vs. Plan Risk The primary risks embedded in bond pricing and actuarial ... heart of a typical actuarial valuation. The primary risk embedded in bond pricing is that the bond ...

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    • Authors: Dimitry D Mindlin, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • ERM for Strategic Management – Status Report
    Transforming the probabilities of end results is a direct way to do this, but it has one disadvantage—it ... Tail measures have become popular because of their direct connection to solvency needs. However they ignore ...

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    • Authors: Gary G Venter
    • Date: May 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Introduction to Value-At-Risk
    discussed, the banking institutions were the primary originators of the VAR concept. Their trading ... also design specified pricing functions to take care of nonlinearities. Now I can price options. I can ...

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    • Authors: Edward P Mohoric, Deborah K Orlando, Mark C Abbott
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Evolution of Loss Reserve Risk
    required return based on its risk. Bondholders also care about market values. The value of their fixed-income ... set at a point in time, therefore, are not the direct result of a mathematical calculation or single ...

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    • Authors: Thomas P Conway, MARK DANIEL MCCLUSKEY
    • Date: May 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Risks and Rewards, February 2017, Issue 69
    with value. Deliver substantive benefits, with a primary focus on professional development content. Value ... up with great, great powerful, wonderful health care. I'll tell you what. We're going to win again.

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Feb 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Investment Fallacies e-book Investment Fallacies: Extended periods of robust macroeconomic ... of retail investor partici- pation thru their primary residence, and institutions piling on via derivatives ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Paul Conlin
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Investment Fallacies e-book Investment Fallacies: A real-world approach to Value at Risk currency ... we might accrue losses of as much as 16%. The direct solution to that problem is to increase the liquidity ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Nicholas John Macleod
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Insurance Risk Management Tools: Value at Risk and Risk Adjusted Economic Value
    Insurance Risk Management Tools: Value at Risk and Risk Adjusted Economic Value This paper ... present value is a single point estimate with rto direct consideration of the distribution of future earnings ...

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    • Authors: Alastair G Longley-Cook
    • Date: Jan 1997
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments