Lauri Saraste

Lauri Saraste, Chief Actuary, LOCALTAPIOLA LIFE INSURANCE

Panel discussion: use of analytics and technology to optimise investment and liability management strategies within the complexities of the sii framework

  • What analytical requirements do insurers have to enable them to manage the balance sheet more effectively?
    • To what extent are 3rd party managers and custodians delivering those requirements?
  • Challenges in calibrating ALM models
  • How can we better interpret the results of the internal capital model and reap the benefits of diversification
  • How are shifts towards alternative asset classes managed from an internal model perspective?
  • Managing interest rate risk and the risk margin
  • Coping with dynamic transitional measures
  • Liability streams and durations
  • Tools to bring together risk management, investment management and capital management.

Panellists: 
Alexandre Mincier, Global Chief Investment Officer, HSBC INSURANCE
Donald MacLeod, Chief Actuary and Head of Investments, SCOTTISH FRIENDLY ASSURANCE Ltd.
Lauri Saraste, Chief Actuary, LOCALTAPIOLA LIFE INSURANCE

Moderator: Lucas Vermeulen, Managing Director, ORTEC FINANCE