Asset allocation is one of the most important investment decisions that financial institutions have to make. Modern portfolio theory suggests that an optimal asset portfolio is one which maximises the return of the portfolio at a certain level of risk which is defined as the variance of the portfolio. In the light of liability cash flows, modern portfolio theory can be extended by regarding a l...

This study looked at ten diverse industry groups over an extended time period to examine the relative relationship between aggressive and conservative working capital practices. Results strongly show that the industries had significantly different current asset management policies. Additionally, the relative industry ranking of the aggressive/conservative asset policies exhibited remarkable sta...

Asset-­‐Liability BLOCKIN

We consider an asset-liability management (ALM) problem for a defined benefit pension fund (PF). The PF manager is assumed to follow a maximal fund valuation problem facing an extended set of risk factors:  due to the longevity of the    PF members, the inflation affecting salaries in real terms and future incomes, interest rates and market factors affecting jointly the PF liability and asset p...

Financial institutions require sophisticated tools for risk management. For company-wide risk management both sides of the balance sheet should be considered, resulting in an integrated asset liability management approach. Stochastic programming models suit these needs well and have already been applied in the eld of asset liability management to improve nancial operations and risk management. ...

Minimum asset and liability insurance requirements must often be met in order for parties to participate in potentially harmful activities. Such financial responsibility requirements may improve parties’ decisions whether to engage in harmful activities and, if so, their efforts to reduce risk. However, the requirements may undesirably prevent some parties with low assets from engaging in activ...

This paper empirically examines the strategic asset allocation and the asset/liability issues in the Finnish defined benefit pension funds. The results indicate that there is a relationship between the liability structure and the asset allocation. While pension funds with younger participants have more equity exposure, more mature pension funds have more fixed income investments. Wide dispersio...