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A New Old Approach - The Open Group Funding Method Shows Why Social Security systems face Solvency Problems
A New Old Approach - The Open Group Funding Method Shows Why Social Security systems face Solvency Problems Social security systems around the world have suffered from inadequate funding, leading ...- Authors: Robert M Katz
- Date: May 1997
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans; Social Insurance>Social Security
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The Optimum Use Of Risk Capital
The Optimum Use Of Risk Capital The author suggests that the optimal use of capital requires one to find a way to strike a balance between the conflicting desires for maximizing long term profit ...- Authors: Irving Rosenthal
- Date: May 1967
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments
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Immunization With Almost No Mathematics
Immunization With Almost No Mathematics The author describes immunization with a simple illustration requiring only high school algebra rather than the ordinary and stochastic calculus that has ...- Authors: Irwin T Vanderhoof
- Date: Apr 1982
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Asset liability management
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Hester Plan For Investing During Inflation
Hester Plan For Investing During Inflation At our Houston meeting PD l, Donald D. Hester, Professor of Economics at University of Wisconsin, outlined a novel investment system aimed at ...- Authors: Robert J Johansen
- Date: Jun 1982
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Economics>Financial markets; Economics>Macroeconomics; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments
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Valuation Of Common Stocks In A Non-Insured Pension Plan
Valuation Of Common Stocks In A Non-Insured Pension Plan Discusses the drawbacks of using adjusted book value instead of market value for the valuation of common stocks in a non-insured pension ...- Authors: Charles C McLeod
- Date: Sep 1969
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments
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The Actuary Vol. 23, No. 6 Feeding The Sheep
The Actuary Vol. 23, No. 6 Feeding The Sheep The final actuarial work of the renowned Briton, Frank Redington. was a series of essays called “The Flock and the Sheep.” They were reviewed here ...- Authors: Irwin T Vanderhoof
- Date: Jun 1989
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments
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Tennis Lessons
Tennis Lessons In this article the author uses the backdrop of the Isner/Mahut 2010 Wimbeldon match that lasted an unlikely 183 games to discuss several diverse areas that provide opportunity for ...- Authors: John Gordon
- Date: Oct 2010
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
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Short Sales And Internal Rate Of Return Calculations
Short Sales And Internal Rate Of Return Calculations Discusses determining the internal rate of return on short sales of investments. Return on investment; 11735 5/1/1969 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Peter A Marks, J L Dake
- Date: May 1969
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments
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Insurance Accounting on One Foot
Insurance Accounting on One Foot The authors explore major points of the exposure draft (ED) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). At the same time, they explain the differences ...- Authors: William Hines, Henry Siegel
- Date: Oct 2013
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Asset allocation; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]
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Real Estate Portfolio Analysis: An Emerging Focus On Economic Location
Real Estate Portfolio Analysis: An Emerging Focus On Economic Location Real estate practitioners are increasingly using “economic location,” rather than “geographic location,” as their primary ...- Authors: Charles H Wurtzebach
- Date: Jun 1989
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Finance & Investments