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The Distinction Between Spread and Fees in Stable Value Contracts
The Distinction Between Spread and Fees in Stable Value Contracts Explains different disclosure ... approximately equal yields. This example assumes direct management by the plan without sponsor asset-based ...- Authors: Paul Donahue
- Date: Aug 2014
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
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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 ...- 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
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Non-Traditional Actuary Carl Hess
consider becoming an actuary. At this time, the primary career choices were either working with an insurance ... in 1983 with a Bachelor’s degree in logic. My primary academic areas of study includ- ed mathematics ...- Authors: GARY J SULLIVAN
- Date: Sep 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments
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Risk Management of Guarantees on Equity—Oriented Products
Risk Management of Guarantees on Equity—Oriented Products This article summarizes Hubert ... reinsurers have pulled out of the market, forcing direct writers to address risk management issues on their ...- Authors: Hubert B Mueller
- Date: May 2002
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management
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Risks and Rewards Newsletter, March 1999, Issue No. 32
return, while the volatility of the results is not direct- ly referenced. The two methodologies are quite ... there are some trouble spots on the horizon. The primary obstacle is the Patent and Trademark Office, which ...- Authors: Nino A Boezio, Luke Girard, Eric Lofgren, Victor Modugno, Joseph H Tan, Richard Wendt, Frank Grossman, Peter Trzyna, Andrew Bernstein, Aaron Bernstein, Peter Yoo, Todd Rutley, Bruce Foudree, Geoff Chaplin
- Date: Mar 1999
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
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The Impact of Fair Value Accounting on the“Normal” Rate Curve—A Speculation
The Impact of Fair Value Accounting on the“Normal” Rate Curve—A Speculation The author speculates ... The Short and Long of Bond Demand Among the primary consumers of long fixed-rate debt are life insurance ...- Authors: Jeremy Gold
- Date: Oct 2002
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]
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You Say You Want a Revolution?
You Say You Want a Revolution? This article provides a summary of the content of the sessions ... initially on an illustration of the equality of the direct and indirect methods of evaluating the fair value ...- Authors: Bradley Buechler
- Date: Jul 2001
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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Short Cuts: Easy Yield Curve Fit
Short Cuts: Easy Yield Curve Fit Feature article discussing numerical short cuts, rules of thumb, ... of interest rates. For example suppose with much care and attention you have generated a range of paths ...- Authors: Joseph Koltisko
- Date: Aug 2010
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
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Dynamically Hedging Insurance Product Risk
charge would result in a lower average PV for the direct writer. It should be noted that the same 50 scenar- ... management alternative to the reinsur- ance approach for direct writers in- terested in hedging the dynamics of ...- Authors: Marshall C Greenbaum
- Date: Apr 2000
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
- Topics: Annuities; Finance & Investments>Portfolio management - Finance & Investments
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Risks and Rewards, February 2004, Issue No. 44.
Risks ... a t i o n also knows that they are not taking care o f t h e i r e l d e r l y v e r y w e l l ... t h ro u g h t h e t a x system but the direct care of the elderly is less and less of their ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Feb 2004
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards