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Participating Gics: Performance Attribution Analysis, Alec Stais, John P. Toohey Iii
Participating Gics: Performance Attribution Analysis, Alec Stais, John P. Toohey Iii
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
The increasing popularity of participating GICs has created a need for an objective understanding of their performance. The fixed income attribution techniques are not adequate for measuring participating GIC performance because they typically restrict performance measurement to concepts such as duration management, sector rotation, and issue selection. We develop an attribution technique based on four components or effects that are helpful in explaining the changes in credited rates. They are the constant duration effect, the reinvestment effect, the cash flow effect, and the investment effect. The underlying mathematical approach to calculating these effects is presented along with examples.
An Approach To Estimating Market Value And Duration Of Interest-Sensitive Whole Life Contracts, Thomas J. Merfeld
An Approach To Estimating Market Value And Duration Of Interest-Sensitive Whole Life Contracts, Thomas J. Merfeld
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
A fixed premium interest·sensitive whole life contract is analyzed in order to estimate its market value. In addition, using various definitions of duration, we determine the duration of the contract for each definition. The results of this analysis have implications for market value accounting of life insurance liabilities and for life company portfolio management.