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Toezicht op financiële instellingen Curaçao is te vrijblijvend

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Servaas Houben

Authors:  Servaas Houben, Ronald Ketellapper[1] Link: ‘Toezicht op financiële instellingen Curaçao is te vrijblijvend’ (deachterkantvancuracao.blogspot.com) Publisher, publication date: De achterkant van Curacao, 8 May 2021 Het toezicht in Curaçao is volgens de auteurs verouderd en houdt onvoldoende rekening met de risico’s waaraan … Continue reading →

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Staatschuld curacao: is deze te beheersen?

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Servaas Houben

Authors:  Servaas Houben, Ronald Ketellapper[1] Link: Is de staatsschuld van Curacao beheersbaar? (deachterkantvancuracao.blogspot.com) Publisher, publication date: De achterkant van Curacao, 15 March 2021 1.  Inleiding en samenvatting De overheidsschuld van Curaçao neemt snel toe, mede als gevolg van de corona pandemie … Continue reading →

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Inflatiebestendige pensioenen: fata morgana of realistisch doel?

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Servaas Houben

Authors: Servaas Houben en Ronald Ketellapper Pdf: PDFArticle Publisher, publication date: De Actuaris, 2020-10 —————————————————————————————————————————Vervolg op het artikel “Inflatiebestendige pensioenen: fata morgana of realistisch doel?” in de Actuaris van april 2020

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The IFRS 17 transition option; risking business value with “simply” applying the fair value approach.

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Servaas Houben

Authors: David Brunsveld, Servaas Houben Pdf: PDFArticle Publisher, publication date: The European Actuary, 2020-07 —————————————————————————————————————————— In light of the potential audience of this article, we sometimes deviate from specific IFRS accounting terms. IFRS 17 principles behind transition IFRS 17 is the … Continue reading →

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Rentegaranties in pensioenen en levensverzekeringen – Hoe zeker zijn ze?

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Servaas Houben

Authors: Ronald Ketellapper, Servaas Houben Pdf: 1 feb 2018 Economenclub Publisher, publication date: AD, 2018-02 —————————————————————————————————————————— Om de rentegaranties in verzekerings producten te waarderen stellen de auteurs voor om scenario en stress testing te introduceren op Curacao.

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Krijgen we de pensioenen weer in beweging?

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Servaas Houben

Authors: Ronald Ketellapper, Servaas Houben link: https://www.ag-ai.nl/bibliotheek-1.php?action=view&Content_Id=4993 pdf: DA-27-1-proefart-Ketellapper+Houben Publisher, publication date: De Actuaris, 2019-10 —————————————————————————————————————————— Onze pensioenen zitten al meer dan 10 jaar muurvast. Toeslagverlening, nodig om de uitkeringen inflatiebestendig te houden, zit er vrijwel niet in. Sommige fondsen … Continue reading →

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Pensioen hoort bij contract

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Servaas Houben

Authors: Servaas Houben pdf: AD 2018-06-07 pensioen hoort bij contract Publisher, publication date: AD, 2018-06 —————————————————————————————————————————— Article on the need for incorporation long term employee benefits in the employee benefit contract.

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Solving Longevity – From Russia with love

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Servaas Houben

Authors: Servaas Houben link: http://theeuropeanactuary.org/downloads/TEA%2018-OCT2018.pdf (pages 13-15) pdf: TEA 18-OCT2018_Russia Publisher, publication date: The European Actuary, 2018-10 —————————————————————————————————————————— The day before the start of this year’s world cup, Russia announced that it would increase its retirement age for males from 60 … Continue reading →

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Cost of capital method can still provide additional insight under IFRS 17

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Servaas Houben

Authors: Jasper Hoogenstraaten, Servaas Houben link: http://theeuropeanactuary.org/downloads/TEA%2021-nov2019.pdf (pages 8-11) pdf: TEA 21-nov2019_CoC Publisher, publication date: The European Actuary, 2019-11 —————————————————————————————————————————— Executive summary In the previous TEA article on the IFRS 17 risk adjustment as part of the technical provisions we … Continue reading →

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Limited Data, endless opportunities – The experience of life expectancy in the Caribbean region

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Servaas Houben

Authors: Servaas Houben link: http://theeuropeanactuary.org/downloads/TEA%2017-juni2018-web.pdf (pages 5-9) pdf: TEA 17-juni2018-web Publisher, publication date: The European Actuary, 2018-06  —————————————————————————————————————————— Background and Scope Despite limited Caribbean data, the Worldbank dataset shows a remarkable overall trend of increasing life expectancy for the Caribbean … Continue reading →

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