Handbook of Stable Value Investments

Preface.
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<br /> Contributing Authors.
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<br /> SECTION I: INTRODUCTION.
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<br /> 1. Introduction to the Stable Value Investment Market (J. Caswell and K. Tourville).
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<br /> 2. GIC Indices and Their Risk/Return Behavior (R. Ryan).
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<br /> SECTION II: STABLE VALUE INVESTMENTS.
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<br /> 3. Traditional GICs (B. Haendiges and E. Keener).
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<br /> 4. Separate Account GICs (K. Smith and S. Koeppel).
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<br /> 5. The Evolving History of Insurance Separate Accounts (P. McWeeney, et al.).
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<br /> 6. Managing Synthetic GIC Portfolios (J. Caswell and K. Tourville).
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<br /> 7. Buy and Hold Synthetics (T. Pearse).
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<br /> 8. Managed Synthetics (I. Rudolph–Shabinsky and C. Psome).
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<br /> 9. The Evolution of Stable Value Pooled Funds (K. Hueler and J. Quarberg).
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<br /> SECTION III: STABLE VALUE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT.
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<br /> 10. Stable Value Management (S. LeLaurin and J. Guenther).
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<br /> 11. A Plan Sponsor′s Perspective on Managing Stable Value Separate Accounts: The DuPont Approach (D. Brown, et al.).
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<br /> SECTION IV: CREDIT ANALYSIS.
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<br /> 12. Evolution in Evaluating Life Insurance Company Credit Quality (A. Richmond).
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<br /> 13. GICs: A Life Insurance Credit Perspective (P. McWeeney).
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<br /> 14. Evaluating Wrap Provider Credit Risk in Synthetic GICs (J. Griffin).
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<br /> SECTION V: UNDERWRITING AND PRICING STABLE VALUE RISKS.
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<br /> 15. Underwriting Stable Value Risks (V. Gallo).
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<br /> 16. Pricing Stable Value Risks (V. Gallo).
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<br /> SECTION VI: LEGAL/REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS.
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<br /> 17. Legal, Regulatory, and Accounting Issues (J. Mercier, et al.).
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<br /> SECTION VII: CONCLUSION.
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<br /> 18. The Epilogue: The Future of Stable Value Investing (K. Walker).
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<br /> Index.