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Journal articles
2006, 'Actuarial education and research: A perspective from down under', ASTIN Bulletin, 36, pp. 1 - 3
,2006, 'Capital Allocation in Insurance: Economic Capital and the Allocation of the Default Option Value', North American Actuarial Journal, 10, pp. 39 - 61
,2006, 'Capital Management and Frictional Costs in Insurance', Australian Actuarial Journal, 12, pp. 399 - 447
,2006, 'Dynamic Portfolio Allocation, the Dual Theory of Choice and Probability Distortion Functions', ASTIN Bulletin, 36, pp. 187 - 217
,2006, 'Dynamic Portfolio Allocation, the Dual Theory of Choice and Probability Distortion Functions', ASTIN Bulletin, 36, pp. 187 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0515036100014458
,2006, 'Enhancing insurer value through reinsurance optimization', Insurance Mathematics and Economics, 38, pp. 495 - 517
,2006, 'Financial Innovation for an Ageing World',
,2006, 'Solvency, Capital Allocation and fair Rate of Return in Insurance', Journal of Risk and Insurance, 73, pp. 71 - 96
,2005, 'Risk-Based Regulatory Capital for Insurers: A Case Study', Journal of Actuarial Practice, 12, pp. 5 - 45
,2003, 'Contingent Claim Pricing Using Probability Distortion Operators: Methods from Insurance Risk Pricing and their Relationship to Financial Theory', Applied Mathematical Finance, 10, pp. 19 - 47
,2003, 'Economic Valuation: Something Old, Something New', Australian Actuarial Journal, 9, pp. 625 - 665
,2001, 'Risk measures and insurance premium principles', Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 29, pp. 103 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6687(01)00076-2
,2001, 'A class of non-expected utility risk measures and implications for asset allocations', Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 28, pp. 69 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6687(00)00067-6
,2001, 'A Class of Non-Expected Utility Risk Measures and Implications for Asset Allocation, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics', Insurance Mathematics and Economics, pp. 69 - 82
,2001, 'Risk Measures and Insurance Premium Principles, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics', Insurance Mathematics and Economics, pp. 103 - 115
,2000, 'Risk Sensitive Asset Allocation', Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, pp. 1145 - 1177
,1999, '“term structure models: A perspective from the long rate”, yong yao, july, 1999', North American Actuarial Journal, 3, pp. 138 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10920277.1999.10595840
,1999, 'Investment Returns and Inflation Models: Some Australian Evidence', British Actuarial Journal, pp. 237 - 267
,1999, 'Long-Term Yield Rates for Actuarial Valuations', North American Actuarial Journal, pp. 22 - 23
,1999, 'Term Structure Models: A Perspective from the Long Rate', North American Actuarial Journal, pp. 138 - 138
,1998, 'Actuarial Model Assumptions for Inflation, Equity Returns, and Interest Rates', Journal of Actuarial Practice, pp. 227 - 253
,1998, 'Discussion of `Presidential Address`', Transactions of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia -- 1997, pp. 71 - 74
,1998, 'Review of Financial Calculus by M. Baxter and A. Rennie', North American Actuarial Journal, 2, pp. 134 - 135
,1997, 'The determinants of external audit costs in the New Zealand life insurance industry', Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 8, pp. 69 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-646X.00018
,1997, 'Interest rate risk management: Developments in interest rate term structure modeling for risk management and valuation of interest-rate-dependent cash flows', North American Actuarial Journal, 1, pp. 1 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10920277.1997.10595601
,1980, 'Application of matrix methods to pension funds', Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, 1980, pp. 77 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03461238.1980.10408642
,'Managing Systematic Mortality Risk in Life Annuities: An Application of Longevity Derivatives', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2576575
,Conference Papers
2006, 'Insurer Risk Management In The Presence Of Frictional Costs', Paris, presented at 28th International Congress of Actuaries, Paris, 28 May 2006 - 02 June 2006
,2004, 'Capital Allocation in Insurance: Economic Capital and the Allocation of the Default Option Value', in 14th Annual International AFIR Colloquium, Boston, Massachusetts, presented at 14th Annual International AFIR Colloquium, Boston, Massachusetts, 08 November 2004 - 09 November 2004
,2003, 'Equilibrium Insurance Pricing, Market Value of Liabilities and Optimal Capitalization', in Berhouwer H; Kleynen R (ed.), International AFIR Colloqium 2003, Maastricht, The Netherlands, pp. 195 - 220, presented at International AFIR Colloqium 2003, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 17 September 2003 - 19 September 2003
,2002, 'Contingent Claim Pricing using Probability Distortion Operators', in AFIR, Cancun, Mexico, presented at AFIR, Cancun, Mexico
,2001, 'Martingale Methods in Portfolio Allocation with Distortion Operators', in XIth Annual International AFIR Colloquium, Toronto, presented at XIth Annual International AFIR Colloquium, Toronto
,2000, 'Investment Strategies for Retirement', in Diana Olsberg (ed.), Ageing and Active. Australia in the 21st Century. Future challenges and opportunities for Australia`s ageing population, Sydney, pp. 16 - 20, presented at Ageing and Active. Australia in the 21st Century. Future challenges and opportunities for Australia`s ageing population, Sydney, -
,1999, 'Non Expected Utility Risk Measures and Implications for Asset Allocation', in Sherris M; van der Hoek J (ed.), Institute of Actuaries of Australia Biennial Convention, pp. 1 - 38, presented at Institute of Actuaries of Australia Biennial Convention
,1994, 'The valuation of option features in retirement benefits', in JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE, AMER RISK INSURANCE ASSOC, INC, PA, UNIV PENN, WHARTON SCH, PHILADELPHIA, pp. 509 - 534, presented at 4th International Conference on Insurance Solvency and Finance, PA, UNIV PENN, WHARTON SCH, PHILADELPHIA, 25 April 1994 - 27 April 1994, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/253821
,Reports
2020, CEPAR Submission to the Retirement Income Review
,Working Papers
2022, Affine Mortality Models with Jumps: Parameter Estimation and Forecasting, CEPAR Working Paper 2022/12, http://dx.doi.org, https://cepar.edu.au/publications/working-papers/affine-mortality-models-jumps-parameter-estimation-and-forecasting
,2017, One Size Fits All? Drawdown Structures in Australia and the Netherlands, Elsevier, http://dx.doi.org10.2139/ssrn.3025064
,2009, Economic Scenario Generation with Regime Switching Models, http://dx.doi.org
,2009, Longevity Risk and the Econometric Analysis of Mortality Trends and Volatility, http://dx.doi.org
,2005, Pricing in the Multi-Line Insurer with Dependent Gamma Distributed Risks allowing for Frictional Costs of Capital, http://dx.doi.org
,The Valuation and Assessment of Retirement Income Products: a Unified Markov Chain Monte Carlo Framework, Elsevier BV, http://dx.doi.org10.2139/ssrn.4595961, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4595961
,Preprints
2015, Managing Systematic Mortality Risk in Life Annuities: An Application of Longevity Derivatives, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1508.00090
,A Group Regularisation Approach for Constructing Generalised Age-Period-Cohort Mortality Projection Models, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3790991
,A Managed Volatility Investment Strategy for Pooled Annuity Products, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3455806
,A Multi-State Model of Functional Disability and Health Status in the Presence of Systematic Trend and Uncertainty, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3445761
,A Multivariate Forward-Rate Mortality Framework, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2539434
,A Multivariate Tweedie Lifetime Model: Censoring and Truncation, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2550507
,A Value Based Cohort Index for Longevity Risk Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2569507
,Affine Mortality Models with Jumps: Parameter Estimation and Forecasting, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4220454
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