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In this paper, we consider the net loss of a life insurance company issuing identical equity-linked pure endowment contracts in the case of periodic premiums. Under this construction, financial risks as well as the mortality risk are included. Based on Møller (1998), we particularly investigate...
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Since Target Date Funds (TDFs) became one of the default investment strategies for the 401(k) defined contribution (DC) beneficiaries, they have developed rapidly. Usually they are structured according to the principle “young people should invest more in equities”. Is this really a good...
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This paper considers a utility maximization and optimal asset allocation problem in the presence of a stochastic endowment that cannot be fully hedged through trading in the financial market. We rely on the dynamic programming approach to solve the optimization problem. The properties of the...
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Developed countries apply different security mechanisms in regulation to protect pension benefits: solvency requirements, a pension guarantee fund, and sponsor support. We compare these mechanisms for a generalized form of hybrid pension schemes. We calculate the expected log return for the...
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Developed countries apply different security mechanisms in regulation to protect defined pension benefits: solvency requirements, a pension guarantee fund, and sponsor support. We test the performance of these mechanisms in terms of the protection offered to pension benefits in relation to the...
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This paper compares two diff erent types of private retirement plans from the perspective of a representative benefi ciary: De fined Benefi t (DB) and Defi ned Contribution (DC) plan. One of the key di fferences is that DB plans carry portability risks, whereas DC plans bear asset and...
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The present paper analyzes optimal supervisory rules for pension funds taking account of diverse pension security mechanisms: support provided by either a pension guarantee fund, a plan sponsor or by both. Assuming that the regulatory rule is either to control the shortfall probability or...
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