Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York Meeting addresses asset prepayments including emerging prepayment experience in the mortgage-backed - CMO security arena, special modeling considerations when addressing prepayments and the NAIC's FLUX model and the scenario and assumption specifications of that model. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This panel of session 3PD of the Washington Annual Meeting discusses a range of topics which fall under a new professional label of financial engineer, and how this role relates to the role of the actuary. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Panelists provide a primer on Collateralized Mortgage Obligations [CMOs], exploring how they are constructed and why they exist. Session 3 of the 1991 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: The session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses derivatives, policy, controls, compliance, reporting and demonstrates how to implement systems that track performance and ensure that the correct type and amount of derivatives are in place. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting presents an overview of foreign currency swaps, participants and growth in the market. Case studies are discussed.

Description: This session 10 of the 1990 Valuation Actuary Symposium is a panel discussion on collateralized mortgage obligations and other asset projections.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session focused on the possible impacts of a return to higher interest rates and explored risk management strategies that may be appropriate.

Description: Presenters discuss: [1] market-value accounting, [2] accounting for mortgage-backed securities [MBSs] and collateralized mortgage obligations [CMOs], [3] the emergence of earnings under FAS 60 and FAS 97 products, and [4] effectively communicating financial results to management. Session 10 of the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session discussion is about asset prepayment assumptions for regulatory cash-flow testing. Topics included: 1. The prepayment characteristics of corporate bonds with embedded options. 2. How much prepayment and redemption activity has taken place within that market. 3. Techniques that corporate bond issuers have used to retire debt prior to maturity. 4. The investment implications. 5. The impact that prepayments have on MBS price and return performance. 6. The challenges of prepayment modeling.

Description: Discusses asset and liability modeling for collateralized mortgage obligations [CMOs]. Assumes knowledge from previous Session 3. Session 8 of the 1991 Valuation Actuary Symposium.