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ASET September 2012 Q2(ii)(b) asks for the impact on EV of the strengthening of reserving basis for mortality.
This will decrease the net assets (as liabilities will increase) and increase the PVFP (as the prudent margin increases).
The solutions say that "The overall impact on the company's EV depends on the relative sizes of these effects. If the discount rate used to determine the PVFP is the same as the investment return on the net assets, then the movements in the two component parts will have the same magnitude, resulting in an unchanged EV. If the discount rate used to determine the PVFP is greater than the investment return assumption, then the net impact will be to reduced the EV".
Why is that the case?
This will decrease the net assets (as liabilities will increase) and increase the PVFP (as the prudent margin increases).
The solutions say that "The overall impact on the company's EV depends on the relative sizes of these effects. If the discount rate used to determine the PVFP is the same as the investment return on the net assets, then the movements in the two component parts will have the same magnitude, resulting in an unchanged EV. If the discount rate used to determine the PVFP is greater than the investment return assumption, then the net impact will be to reduced the EV".
Why is that the case?