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 Asset-Liability Management - ACTL5303
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School:  Actuarial Studies Unit
 
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Equivalent: MFIN6403
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course covers the models and techniques used for the projection, valuation and risk management of asset and liability cash flows inlcudng interest sensitive liabilities and equity linked liabiltiies. Models reviewed include those for fixed and interest sensitive cash flows, equity return models and more comprehensice models including inflation and exchange rates and the application of the models in Dynamic Financial Analysis (DFA). Topics include; single and multi-period model framework; optimal asset-liability strategies; risk-neutral computation; dynamic programming; incomplete markets; ALM in insurance; DFA modeling in insurance and reinsurance.

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