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  • Inflation, the Case for a Breakout
    Inflation, the Case for a Breakout Provides summary of qualitative factors in the current ... http://www.convexitymaven.com /themavenmantra.html. 2 U.S. Government Accountability O‰ ice. Financial Audit ...

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    • Authors: Joseph Koltisko
    • Date: Aug 2018
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Capital markets; Finance & Investments>Investments
  • Review of Financial Risk Management of Insurance Enterprises Course
    Review of Financial Risk Management of Insurance Enterprises Course This article is an overview of the ... of Illinois in Champaign. He can be reached at s-darcy@uiuc.edu. Editor’s Note: In a fast-moving ...

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    • Authors: Scott A Martin
    • Date: Aug 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management
  • 2019 Investment Symposium— Session 3A: Real Returns and Risk Premia: What Are the Issues?
    2019 Investment Symposium— Session 3A: Real Returns and Risk Premia: What Are the Issues? ... investment symposium on Oct. 27. In my opinion, COVID-19’s ravaging impact on health and economy worldwide will ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Apr 2020
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Annuities; Annuities>Investment strategy - Annuities; Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Asset liability management; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Annuities>Deferred annuities
  • Revisiting Asset-Allocation Strategies For Defined Contribution Retirement Plans: A Look At Available Risk-Management Strategies
    Revisiting Asset-Allocation Strategies For Defined Contribution Retirement Plans: A Look At Available ... asset allocation strategies. For example, a fixed annuity provides access to fixed income assets whilst ...

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    • Authors: Wade Christian Matterson, Andrew Fisher
    • Date: Feb 2011
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Portfolio management - Finance & Investments
  • Present Values, Investment Returns and Discount Rates
    lognormal distribu- tion are calculated as follows: s 2 = ln (1 + V (1 + A)-2 ) (3.3) Using σ calculated ... is calculated as follows: m = ln (1 + A) - 1 s 2 (3.4) 2 PRESENT VALUES, INVESTMENT RETURNS ...

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    • Authors: Dimitry D Mindlin
    • Date: Feb 2014
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • A Fresh Look at Lognormal Forecasting
    A Fresh Look at Lognormal Forecasting Feature article about: one of the significant contributions ... smokers to make estimates of general population mortality is clearly unwarranted. In this article, actuaries ...

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    • Authors: Richard Joss
    • Date: Feb 2012
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments
  • The Bullet GIC as an Example
    The ... of an example. 1 Consider a security with price S, that will pay either Su or Sd in one year. We can ... ppp = −− λπ ( )r ZSpSpS du +1 ])1(+[ = −− ( )S du r SpSpS ëó+1 ])1(+[ = + − (1 + r + λσs ...

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    • Authors: Jeremy Gold, David F Babbel, Craig Merrill
    • Date: Feb 2001
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting
  • Taking Stock: Is The Efficient Market Hypothesis In Trouble?
    Chairperson’s Corner By Marc N. Altschull 9 Are U.S. Stocks a Great Buy? The Answer May Surprise You ... This, in part, led to incredible strength in the U.S. dollar, when earlier in the year it was getting ...

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    • Authors: Nino A Boezio
    • Date: Feb 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Economics>Financial markets
  • Beyond the Bullet GIC
    Beyond the Bullet GIC The author refers to a separate article in this edition of Risks and ... practice for actuaries pricing life insur- ance and annuity business to build the cost of capital into their ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Strommen
    • Date: Feb 2001
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting
  • The Fallacy of the Fed Model
    The Fallacy of the Fed Model Explains theoretical and empirical shortcomings of asset allocation ... 27 In fact, reasonably good data exists for both U.S. equity market E/P and 10-year Treasury constant ...

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    • Authors: David Cantor
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards