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  • Investment Considerations for Takaful Insurance
    determined by the Investment committee. b. Where direct investments are made, no investments are and will ... conventional interest bearing securities. c. Where direct investments are made in equities, as a general ...

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    • Authors: Syed Danish Ali
    • Date: Aug 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Portfolio management - Finance & Investments
  • A Smart Way to Develop Retirement Income Strategies
    usually by delaying the start of benefits for the primary wage-earner. The optimal strategy for a married ... strategy delays Social Security until age 70 for the primary wage-earner and uses the IRS required minimum ...

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    • Authors: Steven Vernon
    • Date: May 2018
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Topics: Annuities>Payout annuities; Demography>Longevity; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation; Finance & Investments>Investments
  • Monitoring Investment Performance Of A Life Insurance Company
    not had experience with the GIC market, there are direct parallels with single premium deferred annuities ... flexibility to mismatch and accept risk. The primary goals in our efforts on segmentation and allocation ...

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    • Authors: Catherine B Husman, Kent L Meyers, R Stephen Radcliffe, Robert H Stapleford, Stanley B Tulin
    • Date: May 1984
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>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
  • Options And Futures - A Teaching Session
    not by expectations for interest rates. • The primary uses of interest rate futures in our industry are ... the last two terms, cash return minus coupon, the direct arithmetic relationship between the price of the ...

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    • Authors: Robert W Crispin, David M Dunford, David P Jacob, James A Tilley
    • Date: May 1984
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments; Public Policy
  • A Balanced Outlook:The Latest Views of Jack Bogle
    A Balanced Outlook:The Latest Views of Jack Bogle A Balanced Outlook: The Latest Views of Jack ... market returns should be scaled back. One of the primary proponents of conservatism is Warren Buffet, who ...

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    • Authors: Richard Wendt
    • Date: Feb 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>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
  • Integrating the Actuarial/Investment Function
    right economic maneuver. Our role is to facilitate direct communication and translate where necessary. We ... freedom to manage on a total return basis as their primary objective (and we take an intermediate to longer ...

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    • Authors: Selig Ehrlich, D Ted Steven, Joseph Rao, Donald A King, Juan M Ocampo
    • Date: Jun 1988
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments
  • S&P Financial Products Company Model
    derivatives—basically credit exposures that don't have a direct link to changes in market value. ... MR. ROSEMAN: When we apply this model, I don't care where it's been or where it's going; I'm just looking ...

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    • Authors: Craig Fowler, Ellen Woodruff, Robert N Roseman
    • Date: May 2002
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Capital management - ERM; Finance & Investments>Investments
  • Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts GICs: An Overview
    banks were offering bank investment contracts in direct competition with GICs. At that point in time, banks ... is the conservative option in the plan and they care about that a great deal. In fact, I think the industry ...

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    • Authors: Mark Joseph Goldman, Judith Markland, James McDevitt, Klaus Shigley
    • Date: Oct 1995
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments; Public Policy