Description: This article briefly summarizes the history of the Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) tax regime. Then it provides a detailed description of the PFIC proposed regulations issued in July of 2019.

Description: Time Track: Analyzing Historical Asset Returns by Richard Q. Wendt from Risks and Rewards Newsletter, September 2000, Issue No. 35.

Description: This guide lists literature sources that an actuary can use to gain knowledge on investments and asset/liability management. It can be viewed as a preliminary road map for the actuary seeking direction to enhance his or her knowledge in these areas. The emphasis of this guide is on fixed-income securities.

Description: This article discusses Asset-Backed Securities as a low volatility alternative to Intermediate Government Bonds.

Description: Interest rates steadily declining ever since the Volcker Fed tackled inflation in the early eighties. Ten years of stimulating monetary policy brought new lows. We should have braced ourselves for a return to neutrality, but that concept remains elusive. We will explore structural issues that have brought rates to these low levels and the potential impacts on the insurance business.

Description: The object of this paper is to present several aspects on the valuation of bonds which are not usually in textbooks but very important to consider in countries with inflation. The analysis of bonds must consider the economic background, the consequences of the monetary policy and the retrospective and prospective evolution of the particular index of each bond. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1990 Vol. 1.

Description: This article discusses equity risk premium, what it is, how it should be measured, if a constant risk premium provides the best model and what are reasonable expectations for the future.

Description: This Guide lists sources that the actuary may use to gain knowledge on investments and asset/liability management. Its purpose is to make available a preliminary road map for the actuary seeking direction to enhance his or her knowledge in these areas.

Description: The study measures incidence rates, loss severities and economic loss rates associated with credit risk events for privately placed debt during the years 1986-2002.

Description: The investment grade corporate bond market continues to expand in size and is now nearing record levels. The Bloomberg Barclay’s U.S. Corporate Bond Index, representative of the U.S. corporate bond market, now measures over $5 trillion, nearing its all-time high compared to its $2 trillion mark in 2008. The BBB-rated segment of the index has experienced significant growth, and now represents more than 50% of the corporate bond market. Corporate bond market risk has increased beyond what the ratings indicate. Today's investing landscape of relatively low yields, higher corporate leverage and a later-stage credit cycle presents challenges for both insurance and pension portfolios where corporate bonds are a core investment. <br> <br>With representation from a U.S. portfolio manager, Canadian portfolio manager and an investment consultant, attendees will get a full perspective of the North American environment and how to apply this information when making client recommendations.