Investments

ABS – Asset-Backed Securities 1990 – SOA – Asset-Backed Securities, Society of Actuaries – 38p 1996 – SOA – Asset-Backed Securities, Society of Actuaries – 25p Summary: In this teaching session, various forms of asset-backed securities, e.g., credit cards, auto, home equity, commercial real estate, mobile homes, etc., are examined. A review of basic structures and a…

Mortgages Life insurance companies were, however, major investors in mortgages. In 1870, 40 percent of the industry’s assets were invested in mortgages and five years later, 54 percent. 1976 – AP – Eastern Money and Western Mortgages in the 1870s, H. Peers Brewer –  In support of this proposition, housing groups cite the reduction in…

FABN – Funding Agreement-Backed Note FABCP –  funding agreement–backed commercial paper  The use of institutional funding agreements by U.S. life insurers emerged as a response to long-run macroeconomic and regulatory changes that affected the industry. (p13) 2015 – FRB – Self-Fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the US Life Insurance Industry – 52p 2008 0807 – Moody’s – Global…

ABX 2021 – IHS Markit ABX.HE Index Rules – 11p