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Asset-Backed Securities - ABSs
wider yield spreads (over Treasuries) than its own direct debt would require. Why does it do this? Why does ... this panel and invite all of us. Why do investors care about asset-backed securi- ties? We've said that ...- Authors: David A Hall, Dennis R Richey, Greg Parseghian, Robert J Grossman
- Date: Apr 1990
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Finance & Investments
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Funding for Investment Risks
of the group overseeing the Society's continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) research project. ... about 40%. So, default rates are more amenable to direct review than loss experience. Related to this we ...- Authors: Application Administrator, David A Hall, Daniel E O'Sullivan, Robert Reitano
- Date: Oct 1990
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Finance & Investments
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Demutualization
York legislation) is that shareholders can take care of themselves. As long as they have sufficient information ... involved in a variety of business activities, our primary source of revenue is providing a research advisory ...- Authors: John H Flittie, Neil Haynes, Jay Jaffe, Frederick S Townsend, Julius Vogel, Harry D. Garber
- Date: Jun 1985
- Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Finance & Investments; Public Policy
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Case Studies
of a multiyear interest guarantee period is the primary factor, though, for full withdrawal. When we looked ... This may involve changes in asset allocation or direct interest rate insurance in the capital markets ...- Authors: Shane A Chalke, Patricia Guinn, Gregory D Jacobs, Stanley B Tulin, Mark G. Doherty
- Date: Jun 1992
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Finance & Investments
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Quantitative Methods Used in Managing Credit Risk
sheet credit extensions, what you might call the direct credit on the left side, and then contingent and ... investments is that they are very unlike traditional direct credit—originated loans, for instance—in that ...- Authors: Anthony Dardis, Rishi Kapur, Ugur Koyluoglu, Perry D Mehta
- Date: Oct 2004
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Finance & Investments
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Measuring Interest Margins-Part 3-Measuring Required Interest
contribute to a defined contribution plan often direct a portion of their contributions into a GIC. Depending ... rate call option on the plan contributions. One primary difference between a GIC and an SPDA is the ability ...- Authors: Frederic W Corwin, Peter B Deakins, C Elam, W Palmer
- Date: Apr 1990
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Finance & Investments; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
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Are We Prepared for Interest Rates to Rise Again?
security (MBS) holdings and the offsetting decrease in direct commercial and residential mortgage loans. I would ... arise from a discontinuous behavioral event. My primary concern is that a discontinuity in the fundamentals ...- Authors: Randall Boushek, Shane A Chalke, Robert P Clancy, Prakash A Shimpi
- Date: Apr 1994
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics; Finance & Investments
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Appropriate Standards for Profit Margins
surplusto an individualpolicy, enoughsurplusto take care of the fact that you'll probably be paying out more ... businessand assume that the tail is just going to take care of itself. So when you're measuring surplus,you ...- Authors: Stephen P D'Arcy, Charles McClenahan, Oakley E Van Slyke
- Date: Apr 1994
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Public Policy
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Equity-Indexed Products: Managing the Beast
change in some underlying base. Delta is the primary greek. You've probably heard the term "delta ... market goes up or down, I lose money. This is in direct contrast to the kappa or gamma number, which ...- Authors: Anson Glacy, Stephen Stone, Jeffrey J Lobo, Andrew S Chow
- Date: Oct 1998
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities>Equity-indexed annuities; Finance & Investments
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Global Investing
itself. We no doubt have many actuaries whose primary interest is with pension funds while others focus ... these portfolios? First of all, Portfolio 1, is the direct investment in long Canada bonds. Our second portfolio ...- Authors: James A Creighton, Anthony Dardis, Blake R Grossman
- Date: Oct 1990
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Finance & Investments; Global Perspectives