Refine your search

Advanced Search

11 - 20 of 391 results (0.22 seconds)
Sort By:
  • Another Perspective on Black-ScholesOption Formulas

    Another Perspective on Black-ScholesOption Formulas This article shows a different form of the Black-Scholes formula for European calls and puts under risk-neutral assumptions, that permits a ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Mark Evans
    • Date: Feb 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling
  • Bull and Bear or Simply all Bull?

    Bull and Bear or Simply all Bull? 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 ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Shane Francis Whelan
    • Date: Aug 2006
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments
  • Financial Economics for Pension Plans

    Financial Economics for Pension Plans This article discusses the use of financial economics in managing pension plans and warns of issues with rapid change in this area. Defined benefit plans=DB ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Richard Wendt
    • Date: Oct 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance
  • Simulation Technology for Managing Risk

    Simulation Technology for Managing Risk The second of three articles exploring the new technology offered by Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Assuratech, Inc. Describes the development of the applied ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Lilli Segre Tossani
    • Date: Feb 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • Is the New CPI Different? Implicationsfor Pension Plans

    Is the New CPI Different? Implicationsfor Pension Plans Is the New CPI Different? The article discusses the changes made to the CPI, whether it is an accurate measure of inflation and the ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Todd Rutley
    • Date: Mar 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management
  • Back-to-Basics: Credit Default Swaps

    Back-to-Basics: Credit Default Swaps A primer on Credit Default Swaps Corporate bonds;Credit default swaps;Derivatives; 10982 7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Teri Geske
    • Date: Jul 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Derivatives
  • All That Glitters Has Not Been Gold

    All That Glitters Has Not Been Gold Gold has been one of the worst performing investment assets of the last two decades due to the steady to low inflation. In the future, if the US economic ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Nino A Boezio
    • Date: Aug 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments
  • 1999 Market Triathlon Update

    1999 Market Triathlon Update This article compares the best estimates of the Investment Section members those who submitted entries for the 3-month Treasury bill rate, 30-year Treasury bond rate ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Frank Grossman
    • Date: Aug 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Economics>Financial markets; Finance & Investments>Investments
  • Commentary-Social Security: Go Refigure

    Commentary-Social Security: Go Refigure The Social Security System faces a funding crunch some 30 years in the future. Democrats and Republicans agree on the funding problem and that investing ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Aaron Bernstein
    • Date: Mar 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Social Insurance>Social Security
  • Correspondents' Reports from the 2016 SOA Investment Symposium

    Correspondents' Reports from the 2016 SOA Investment Symposium Recaps the content of leading presentations at 2016 Inv Symposium. Topics include bond liquidity, investment outlook, low ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Warren Manners, James Kosinski, R Inglis, Kelly Featherstone, George Eknaian
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments