Stochastic methods for pension funds / Pierre Devolder, Jacques Janssen, Raimondo Manca.
Material type: TextSeries: Applied stochastic methods seriesPublication details: London : ISTE Ltd. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 458 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
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- 9781118565933
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- 9781118562031
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- HD7105.4 .D48 2012eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: pensions in perspective -- Classical actuarial theory of pension funding -- Deterministic and stochastic optimal control -- Defined contribution and defined benefit pension plans -- Fair and market values and interest rate stochastic models -- Risk modeling and solvency for pension funds -- Optimal control of a defined benefit pension scheme -- Optimal control of a defined contribution pension scheme -- Simulation models -- Discrete time semi-Markov processes (SMP) and reward SMP -- Generalized semi-Markov non-homogeneous models for pension funds and manpower management -- Appendices. Basic probabilistic tools for stochastic modeling -- Itô calculus and diffusion processes -- Bibliography -- Index.