The Birth of the Life Market
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David Blake
The huge economic significance of longevity risk for corporations, governments and individuals is beginning to be recognized and quantified. The traditional insurance route for managing this risk is capacity constrained, leaving the capital markets to provide an effective solution. We consider what capital markets need to both start and evolve. We then look at the first generation of bond-based capital market solutions that have been tried so far and examine their success or failure. The lessons learned here have informed the design of the second generation of derivatives-based capital market solutions. Although there remain barriers to surmount, we are witnessing the birth of the life market, the market in longevityrelated financial instruments.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Featured Article
- Longevity Risk and Capital Markets: The 2007-2008 Update
- The Birth of the Life Market
- Mortality Declines, Longevity Risk and Aging
- Financial Innovation and the Hedging of Longevity Risk
- Hedging Pension Longevity Risk: Practical Capital Markets Solutions
- Assessing Investment and Longevity Risks within Immediate Annuities
- Optimal Retirement Asset Decumulation Strategies: The Impact of Housing Wealth
- An Empirical Study of Mortality Models in Taiwan
- Pricing and Implementation of Longevity Bonds in Taiwan
- The Volatility of Mortality
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Featured Article
- Longevity Risk and Capital Markets: The 2007-2008 Update
- The Birth of the Life Market
- Mortality Declines, Longevity Risk and Aging
- Financial Innovation and the Hedging of Longevity Risk
- Hedging Pension Longevity Risk: Practical Capital Markets Solutions
- Assessing Investment and Longevity Risks within Immediate Annuities
- Optimal Retirement Asset Decumulation Strategies: The Impact of Housing Wealth
- An Empirical Study of Mortality Models in Taiwan
- Pricing and Implementation of Longevity Bonds in Taiwan
- The Volatility of Mortality
