SOA真题Course8V(1)——SOA精算师2014考试要点
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COURSE8:Fall2005-1-GOTONEXTPAGE
COURSE8:Fall2005-1-GOTONEXTPAGE
Investment
MorningSession
**BEGINNINGOFEXAMINATION**
INVESTMENT
MORNINGSESSION
Questions1-4pertaintotheCaseStudy
1.(6points)
(a)AssesstheconsistencyofthedefinitionofaderivativeinLifeCo’soperational
guidelineswiththedefinitionunderUSGAAP.
(b)DescribehowLifeCo’sDerivativePolicyaddressesoperationalandlegalrisks.
(c)Recommendadditionalcontrolstobetteraddresstheserisks.
COURSE8:Fall2005-2-GOTONEXTPAGE
Investment
MorningSession
Questions1-4pertaintotheCaseStudy
2.(5points)AnewactuarialstudentatLifeCoisveryexcitedaboutthe"profit"your
portfolioisgeneratingwithMBS.Heviews"profit"onanMBSbondasthedifference
betweenOASandtheliabilityrequiredinterestspreadoverTreasuries.
(a)Explainwhy"profit"maynotequalthedifferencebetweenOASandtherequired
interestspreadwithaJumpZ-bond.
(b)Explainwhy"profit"maynotequalthedifferencebetweenOASandtherequired
interestspreadformoregeneralsecurities.
ThestudentrecommendsthatLifeCocouldbemoreprofitableandbetterdurationmatched
byreplacingthecurrentMBSwithintheTraditionalLifeportfoliowithZbonds.
Z-bonds,thestudentargues,haveahigherOAS,higherduration,andlower
convexitythanthecurrentMBS.
(c)Evaluatethisrecommendation.
COURSE8:Fall2005-3-GOTONEXTPAGE
Investment
MorningSession
Questions1-4pertaintotheCaseStudy
3.(13points)LifeCo’smanagementisconcernedbythelossesarisingfromthedynamic
hedgingoftheoptionsembeddedinitsvariableannuities.Anexternalreporthighlighted
thatthetargetdeltaiscurrentlybasedonalognormaldistributionwiththevolatilityequal
tothesamplestandarddeviationofthefundinvestmentreturnoverthepast12months.
(a)Describetheoptionsembeddedinthevariableannuityproduct.
(b)Describeandcomparethefollowingmodelsusedtoestimatethevolatilityfrom
pastdata
(i)samplestandarddeviation
(ii)exponentiallyweightedmovingaveragemodel
(iii)generalizedauto-regressiveconditionalheteroscedasticity
(c)Recommendwaystoimprovethedynamichedgingprogram.
(d)Describestrategiesthatcanbeusedtominimizethemodelrisk.
LifeCoisconsideringwhethertocontinueitscurrentdynamichedgingprogramorpursue
anotherriskmanagementstrategy.
(e)Reviewalternativestrategiesformanagingtheembeddedoptionexposure.
(f)Recommendwhichofthesestrategieswouldbemostappropriateifthedynamic
hedgingstrategyisdiscontinued.Justifyyourrecommendation.
COURSE8:Fall2005-4-GOTONEXTPAGE
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MorningSession
Questions1-4pertaintotheCaseStudy
4.(10points)YouhaverecentlybeenpromotedtoChiefALMOfficeratLifeCo.The
CEOhascalledameetingwithyouandthepricingactuarytodiscussthelaunchofanew
universallifeproduct.
(a)(2points)TheCEO,anaccountantbytraining,emphasizestheimportanceof
statutoryandGAAPmeasurestodeterminetheeconomicvalueoftheinsurer.
Critiquethisstandpoint.
(b)(4points)ExplainhowtocoordinateLifeCo’sinvestmentandproduct
managementstrategiesforfutureretentionsforthisnewproducttoprotect
LifeCo’sshareholdervaluefrominterestraterisk.
(c)(1point)Thepricingactuaryexpectstoincreasefuturecreditedratesasinterest
ratesrise.ExplainhowLifeCo’sinvestmentstrategyshouldbeadjustedto
protectshareholdervaluefrominterestraterisk.
(d)(1point)LifeCo’skeycompetitorskeepcreditedratesunchangedregardlessof
changesininterestrates.Assesshowtheirapproachcouldaffectyourstrategyin
part(c).
(e)(2points)ProposeamethodforLifeCotoimplementthechangesinparts(c)and
(d)thatwouldminimizetransactioncosts.
COURSE8:Fall2005-5-GOTONEXTPAGE
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