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  • Pension Forecasts, Part 2: The Model Has No Clothes
    Pension Forecasts, Part 2: The Model Has No Clothes Part 2 of an article which presents simplified problem and and presented alternate models. Answers are presented in this article. The ...

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    • Authors: Lawrence N Bader
    • Date: Jun 2001
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • Capital Market Assumptions —A 2000 Update
    Capital Market Assumptions —A 2000 Update An update on the Capital Market Assumptions used for asset allocation maybe useful to actuaries given the parallels with the assumptions an actuary uses ...

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    • Authors: Timothy C Burns
    • Date: Sep 2001
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting
  • Mortality improvement modeling in the US
    Mortality improvement modeling in the US This article describes techniques and models used to forecast mortality improvement and the considerations that underlie long-term mortality improvement ...

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    • Authors: Francisco Orduna, Bruce Rosner
    • Date: Jan 2014
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity; Demography>Population data; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting