Description: This session at the 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses default or C1 risk. A review of prior work, a new model, and correlation to various factors are presented.

Description: This presentation at the 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses the differences in viewpoint and mind-set between the valuation actuary and the chief investment officer. How these differences played out in an exercise to determine asset strategies is reviewed.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. The recent development of a finance track in the Fellowship syllabus allows the student to acquire expertise in financial market, asset valuation, and investment strategies. Panelists discuss actuarial work assignments undertaken by finance actuaries in life insurance companies.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This discussion examines the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model law regarding the use of assumption reinsurance.

Description: Panelists in session 260F of the Montreal Spring meeting discuss criteria for the selection and management of external investment advisors. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: In session 119 CS of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss techniques for analyzing and developing investment strategies based on the mathematical approach of linear programming are presented. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discusses issues related to the more direct involvement of actuaries on the asset side of the balance sheet.

Description: This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discusses strategic planning for an actuarial consulting firm or any other type of company with a focus on changing with the times and capturing new opportunities.

Description: At this session 164S of the New York Annual Meeting presenters discuss SOA-sponsored research on private placement asset risk and returns, and specifically the results of the 1986-94 Experience Study. Also examined are current and changing trends in the private placement marketplace. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Investment opportunities are driven by events in the economy and how participants in the financial markets react to those events. This keynote address will highlight current economic themes and their impact on investment opportunities.