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Hi It’s been a while since I finished my exams :( Does anyone know what is the syllabus for the UK Practice module Would be grateful for any...
Hello all, Hope you are well and safe in these crazy times. I was looking for some advice for SP9. Its been over 7 years since I gave exams and...
Can I check if there are any views on where we go once Brexit does happen in regards to mutual recognition arrangements with our European...
Hello, Have received my study material and was looking for some advice on how to start my studies for SP9. Been a while since I have given any...
Hi Am planning on giving ST9 soon For starters can I check is it enough if we go through Paul Sweetings text book on this? Looking for advice on...
IF a company would recalculate its Coverage ratio( Own Funds/SCR) without any dependence on MA, what effect would this have on OF? My...
Hi The general theme has always been that we should have a summary for paper 1. Whilst my solution did have this , the examiners report doesnt...
Am struggling to come to grips with what has been quoted in the examiners solution In broad terms if there is a less than one in twenty chance...
April 05 Qn 2 The examiners report doesn't give any further detail as to how they derive the 5 in 6 chance for 70 m sales and 10 in 11 chance for...
Hi Was attempting the past paper for March 16 on the website...
Hi Am quite confused by the core reading on this method for calculating asset shares. Says done for 0/100 UWP funds??Why not for 90 10 funds...
Hi Now that the exams were over I was wondering what people thought of the paper this time round I struggled with deposit back insurance and how...
Hi I am retaking CA2 in November 14.I have heard that the course is changing for 2015.Can I please request for some guidance on which past papers...
I am really worried about this one I had Profitability 1)-ve feature.Chgs fixed at outset.maybe insufficient to meet expenses 2) absence of...
Am not sure what the following paragraph in the core reading is trying to say "FOR GPV valuation methods care needs to be taken with overall...
Hi I am having problems understanding how smoothing works for with profit policies and how this relates to surrender values,maturity values and...
Am not sure I follow the various methods for calculating asset shares for UWP contracts. Retrospective accumulation using product charges...
Hi.Am looking to start my studies for SA2 from today. Quick question.Do I follow chapters as prescribed in the material or are there more...
Hi now that we are done with the exams I wanted to see how people found the paper.. Sore ones for me were claims variability in travel...
Hi now that the exams are over I wanted to find out how did everyone find the paper.. Mine was a disaster..not sure what was required for the 26...
Hi. Part ii Approach to valuing eev for a conventional with profits contract.I understand how we caculate future bonuses however am not sure how...
What happens to EV when we change 1)morality in reserving basis 2)mortality in realistic basis 3)Same for withdrawals and expenses and...
"for without profits business ev is the release of any margins within the solvency reserves to the assumptions used in the ev calculation.It is...
The notes say that mortality risk for a return of premium death is significant especially at the start of the contract. :( If the benefit...
Page 8 of the alterations chapter. PUSA =basic SA *no of prems till date/no originally payable The notes say pup values are usually too high...
Just to check what would a decrease in RDR mean when you are valuing EV or liabilities.. I always thought a decrease in RDR would mean more...
In the solutions I cant figure out why **actual salary growth rate for the ages is Av pensionable salary at this valuation/Av pensionable salary...
Part ii I had a go at this and had pursuing a risky investment strategy (ALM mismatch) in the hope of higher returns as one of the reasons for Y...
SORRY ABOUT THE QUESTION NUMBER ..ITS APRIL 2004 QN 7 I am really worried after I read the answers for each investor category.What I tried to do...
Does anyone know when are they planning on publishing the results?Its already well over 2 months and last date for overseas candidates to apply...
"Shares in close ended funds are also more volatile than the underlying equity because the size of the discount can change". I can understand...
I am obviously missing something obvious here How do you go from defining the Reverse Yield Gap as GRY-d to the reverse yield gap being split...
Only a problem with part III How do you prove that E(1/X) = (Alfa +Beta -1 )/Alfa -1 I am not clear about the last 3 steps in the answers...
Some fiddly algebra that I am not too clear about.. How do you go from Summation I=1 to n summation j=1 m (-exp Bi +YijBi) to -mSummation I= 1...
I dont have a problem with the Inflation adjusted Chain Ladder Method.However for the BF method I generally follow the first method of solving...
Please refer to part 2 of the question...We try to equate sample and population moments ..How can we say that the sample moment/mean is...
For the normal/normal model When you derive the posterior distribution for theta given xbar we come to...
Part 1) If you refer to the solutions I am not sure how you move from sigma ^2=Summation(log xi-Mu)^2/10 to Summation (Log xi^2/10) -...
We know that dXt=Mu Xt dt +sigma Xt dBt so when we square this and solve shouldnt we just get sigma^2 Xt^2 dt and not Sigma^2 Xt dt ...???? :(
If X(t)=e(t) +0.6e(t-1) and we define a backward shift operator such that B X(t)=X(t-1) and B^2 X(t)=X(t-2) then after this how do we get get...
