Description: Recaps the content of leading presentations at 2016 Inv Symposium. Topics include bond liquidity, investment outlook, low rate portfolio strategies

Description: Reviews basic desirable features in an economic scenario generator. Discusses basics of model structure and validation process

Description: Recaps the evolution of VA products and hedging programs. Reflects on strategic considerations that contributed to relative performance in this market.

Description: This article is a synopsis of a 2017 Society of Actuaries annual meeting session of the same title.

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Description: Feature article discussing the creation and effects of orphaned VEBAs, Voluntary Employee Benefit Associations.

Description: Read the September 2020 issue of Risks & Rewards published by the Investment Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This chairperson’s corner will address many of the upcoming challenges for the Investment Section, how it might affect you, and how we will call upon you to help. There are a number of changes going on at the SOA, many that I am sure you are aware of. Specifically, the roles for the SOA sections are broadening to include many of the roles and responsibilities that used to reside in the practice areas. While there are some activities and functions that are still being developed further, many of our roles are now very clear. From Risks and Rewards Newsletter, August 2005, Issue No. 47.

Description: This article shows a different form of the Black-Scholes formula for European calls and puts under risk-neutral assumptions, that permits a comfortable verbal interpretation. The derivation of this alternative form appears at the end of the article.

Description: This article examines trends of the stock market beginning with Dow theory - market prices tend to trend either upwards, a bull trend, or downwards, a bear trend. It discusses the many trading rules based on diverse patterns in the price series since the time of Dow including strictly filter rules.