Asset and Liability Management Tools: A Handbook for Best Practice

A multi-author volume that provides a complete and non-technical presentation on all the very latest Asset and Liability Management issues and techniques required to stay ahead of the curve in today's volatile climate. Leading practitioners, consultants and academics have been brought together to develop an insight that should enable the reader to develop an enhanced understanding and competency of ALM and the surrounding issues. The book covers pension finance, foundations, actuarial mathematics, fair valuation of pension liabilities including optionalities, scenario simulation and portfolio optimisation. A non-technical approach combined with the use of practical examples throughout offers a thorough understanding of the subject matter to those of a non-quantitative background as well as decision makers and corporates. This volume is a total representation of the subject matter and includes a selection of topics that are at the heart of today's best practice in ALM.