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Rise and Fall of Inflation

The rise and fall of inflation has arguably been the most important determinant of asset returns in recent decades. Its future evolution is likely to be of great importance for pension fund funding, and yet we would argue that inflation is not well understood. Pension funds are long-term investors – the key conclusion from investment

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How Visualization & Computer Science (AI) Could Support Pension Funds

European Actuarial Academy – EAA Pension Days 2023 – 9 October 2023 – Detailed Progam and registration The supreme body of the pension fund (board of trustees) is responsible for the overall management of the pension fund. The non-transferable and inalienable duties of the supreme body include the following tasks among others: the setting of

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Nested stochastic modelling approach for liability modelling

We’ve implemented the nested stochastic modelling approach for liability modelling and then extended this approach to forecasting international accounting results based on a 3-factors affine term structure stochastic model for discount rates. We presented these at the Paris International Actuarial Conference (Program), which took place online. AFIR: Threshold portfolio return corresponds to the minimum portfolio return

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Positive impact of risk sharing on corporate financial management

Added value of implementing risk sharing thanks to its positive impact on IFRS key figures The use of risk-sharing assumptions for the measurement of pension obligations in the IFRS financial statements allows the regulatory requirements of Swiss pension plans to be reflected more realistically with regard to the employer\’s share of the total funding of

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Expert Focus – Forecast of the financial statements according to International Accounting Standards

Actuarially advanced and market-based forecasting method This article was published in Expert Focus Fluctuations in the liability in the IFRS financial statements are recognized either in the income statement or in other comprehensive income, depending on the cause. Forecasts of this variability of the obligation could be made realistically and in line with market conditions

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