Managing Assets and Liabilities: Strategies for Insurance Companies October 2008 Financial Services Commission of Jamaica Insurance Seminar - October 30‚ 2008 Michael Hafeman‚ FSA‚ FCIA‚ MAAA Context for Asset-Liability Management Risks and Risk Tolerance Risk Measurement ALM Techniques Organizational Issues Supervisory Objectives Managing Assets and Liabilities: Strategies for Insurance Companies 2 What is it and why is it used? Managing Assets and Liabilities: Strategies
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fixed exchange rate system that fixes the exchange rate of Hong Kong Dollar and United State Dollar to a ratio of 7.8: 1 Hong Kong Monetary Authority does not need to stable exchange market by controlling the supply and demand of HKD. It can be stabilized by Fixed-linkage System. In the past 15 years‚ Hong Kong interest rates and exchange rates fluctuated in the same trend of the US interest rate and exchange rate. The graphs below show an example of interest rate and exchange rate respectively:
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document of ECO 316 Week 2 Chapter 7 Risk Structure and Term Structure of Interest Rates you will find the answers on the next questions: 7.1 Multiple Choice Questions 1) The risk structure of interest rates refers to 2) Default risk arises from the fact that 3) If the average risk premium of corporate bonds increases‚ 4) Currently‚ a three-month Treasury bill pays 5% interest and a ten-year Treasury bond pays 4.7% interest. What is the risk premium of the typical A-rated corporate
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Executive summaryThis report analyzes the primary internal and external influence on the General Motors Corporation and the influence of changing political environment on policy making and response of the corporation. Then the report discusses the changing political environment in and its influence. The influences of political environment on policies and decision making to the corporation are analyzed. The corporation response to the political environment changing is critically evaluated. At last
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Case Study: Fiat Auto and General Motors Alliance Case Study: Fiat Auto and General Motors Introduction The economic crisis and other factors‚ affect different companies in the global market and automotive industries are not exempted. In order to cope with economic problems within the industry‚ different companies try to find the most efficient ways to save the company and one of these is through the consideration of merging or going into alliance. In alliance‚ both companies
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Integrated Case 6-21 Morton Handley & Company Interest Rate Determination Maria Juarez is a professional tennis player‚ and your firm manages her money. She has asked you to give her information about what determines the level of various interest rates. Your boss has prepared some questions for you to consider. A. What are the four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money‚ or the general level of interest rates‚ in the economy? Answer: [Show S6-1 and S6-2 here.] The four most
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INTEREST RATE FUTURES IN INDIA Dr. Shashi Srivastava * Divya Srivastava ** Abstract In the era of globalization‚ one of the macro-economic variable that has come into great focus is interest rate. The volatility of interest rates has increased manifold in the last couple of years. Interest rate risk management has become very important and assorted instruments like interest rate
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INTEREST RATES ON DOMESTIC DEPOSITS* DEPOSITS – LESS THAN 5 CRORES SR.NO. W.E.F. 01/11/2013** PERIOD INTEREST RATES (% P.A.) INTEREST RATE ON DEPOSITS BELOW RS. 15 LAKHS INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS OF RS. 15 LAKHS < RS..50 LAKHS INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS OF RS. 50 LAKHS < RS.1 CRORES INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS OF RS. 1 CRORE < RS.3 CRORES INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS OF RS. 3 CRORES < RS.5 CRORES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12
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Low Interest Rates Long Term Effect "The prolonged low-interest rate environment is transforming the banking industry from savings and loans to service and loans‚" said Dan Geller‚ executive vice president of research firm Market Rates Insight in San Anselmo‚ Calif. (Fitzpatrick) Consumers may think that the continued low interest rates are a profound thing‚ but banks on the other hand think much differently. Consumers are refinancing their houses at rates as low as 2.875%‚ while big banks like
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