Asset and Liability Management

lactu2220  2021-2022  Louvain-la-Neuve

Asset and Liability Management
5.00 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Barbarin Jérôme;
Language
English
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
After an introduction to term structure of interest rates and risk measure, the main tools of ALM are presented in a deterministic and a stochastic framework.In a second part, these techniques are applied to various pratical problems of ALM in insurance. The theoretical part is completed with reference papers and exercices
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 The aim of this course is to present the basic principles of Asset and Liability management applied to insurance companies. At the end of the course, the students must know the ALM methods and understand the main ALM problems of an insurance companies
 
Content
 The following topics will be covered:
  •  Assets  and Liabilities os an inssurance company and their associated risks
  • ALM tools of first generation (statistic deterministic analysis
  • Off-Balance sheet instruments and their uses in ALM
  • ALM tools os second generation (stress tasting)
  • ALM of third generation (stochastic models)
  • Performance measures and Risk Measures (Value at Risk and others)
  • Economic capital and Regulatory Capital (Solvency II)
Evaluation methods
Case study
Bibliography
Les transparents fournis renvoient à la littérature spécialisée.
Teaching materials
  • transparents sur moodle
Faculty or entity
LSBA


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Actuarial Science