The 3rd International Longevity Risk and Capital Market Solutions Symposium

The 3rd International Longevity Risk and Capital Market Solutions Symposium

Join the First Prestige Longevity Risk

Symposium in Asia!

We welcome you to participate in The Third International Longevity Risk and Capital Market Solutions Symposium in Taipei on July 20-21, 2007. The first longevity symposium was held successfully in London in 2005 and the second in Chicago in 2006. For the very first time, the symposium will be held in Asia in 2007.

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Innovative Products to Hedge Longevity Risk!

The mortality improvements around the world are putting more pressure on governments, pension funds, life insurance companies as well as individuals to face increasing risk. Financial markets on the other hand, do provide a means to effectively hedge the longevity risk. Many new investment products are being created to satisfy investors’ hunger for retirement needs. The insurance linked security such as Mortality Bond is one example of such an instrument. Some other new innovative capital market solutions are also proposed to transfer longevity risk, these instruments include Survivor Bonds, Reverse Mortgages, Pension Swaps and Survivor Swaps, etc. The symposium will cover rich information related to above important issues.

The Longevity Risk Symposium for 2007

² Date: July 21-22, 2007.

² Venue: Westin Hotel, Taipei.

² Host by: National Chengchi University, Taiwan.

² Organizers: Professor David Blake, U. K.

Professor Richard MacMinn, U. S. A.

Professor Jennifer Wang, Taiwan.

² Registration Fees: Early Registration by June 30:U.S $100, Student:U.S $80

Registration Fees after June 30: U.S $120

The fee includes lunches, refreshments and full conference documentation.

² Hotel Accommodation: The conference fee does not include hotel accommodation. Please make your bookings directly with the hotel. To take advantage of the special accommodation rates, please call reservations and quote you are attending The Third International Longevity Risk and Capital Market Solutions Symposium 2007.

Esteemed Keynote Speakers for

Symposium 2007

A. Well-noted International Financial Industry Leaders:

² Tom Boardman, Prudential plc, U.K. (opening keynote speech)

² Guy Coughlan, JP Morgan, U.K

² Timothy Schiltz, AIG Financial Groups, Japan

² Pascal Schoenmaekers, Munich Re, Germany

B. Well-noted International Professors and Researches:

² Shripad Tuljapurka, Stanford University, U.S.A (opening keynote speech)

² David Blake, Cass Business School, U. K.

² Richard MacMinn, Illinois State University, U.S.A

² Anthony Webb, Boston College, U.S.A

² Sam Cox, University of Manitoba, Canada

² Michael Sherris, University of New South Wales, Australia

² Jochen Russ and Daniel Bauer, Ulm University, Germany

² Jennifer Wang & Sharon Yang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

² Jerry and C. J. Yue, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Conference Schemes Exclusively for

Symposium 2007

The Symposium 2007 will cover following important issues related to longevity risk:

² Estimating the expected longevity risk and the inversion of age distributions in the countries from the Pacific Rim, including Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Japan.

² Exploring the impacts of longevity risk on pension funds and recent international reforms for pension systems to transfer longevity risk.

² Analyzing the impacts of longevity risk on insurance companies and investment strategies to transfer longevity risk.

² New innovative capital market solutions to transfer longevity risk for pension fund and insurance companies, such as Reverse Mortgages, Survivor Bonds, Pension Swaps and Survivor Swaps, etc.

Anticipated Audience for Symposium 2007

² Representatives from government, agencies of social insurance /pension fund management and financial industries regulators in Asian countries.

² Representatives from actuarial consultancies, the insurance industry, investment banks, consumer groups, and international agencies.

² Academics from the fields of actuarial science, pensions, financial economics, risk management, insurance, and public policy.

Contact Information:

If you are interest in attending the Third International Longevity Risk and Capital Market Solutions Symposium or have any question related to the symposium, please contact Jennifer Wang by email: jenwang@nccu.edu.tw.