Pension liability measurement and intergenerational fairness: Two case studies

TP Kocken - Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
This article shows how valuation techniques for pension liabilities in risk-sharing pension
plans affect the distribution of wealth between generations. Some techniques in use today …

Pricing risk in corporate pension plans: Understanding the real pension deal

RPMM Hoevenaars, TP Kocken… - … International Journal of …, 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
… We refer to Kocken (2006) for an elaborate treatment of the valuation of embedded options
incorporating counterparty risk (corporate pension fund case), as well as an analysis of the …

[PDF][PDF] How derivatives can help solve the pension fund crisis

…, HM Kat, TP Kocken - Journal of Portfolio …, 2004 - researchgate.net
In this paper we use a scenario-based ALM model to study the effects on the riskreturn profile
of defined benefit pension funds from including options in the pension fund portfolio. Our …

Why the Deisgn of Maturing Defined Benefit Plans Needs Rethinking

TP Kocken - Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
This article explains why and how maturing defined benefit pension plans become increasingly
unstable if they maintain asset mix policies that embody material mismatch risk between …

Why Investors Should Hold Long-Dated Bonds, Even When Interest Rates Are Low

…, J Engel, HM Kat, TP Kocken - Cardano Research …, 2004 - papers.ssrn.com
Interest rates are currently at a historical low. Since in the longer run interest rates will return
to their historical average, this implies that bond prices are about to fall. Popular investment …

[HTML][HTML] A simple parametric method to generate all optimal solutions of fuzzy solid transportation problem

HG Kocken, M Sivri - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2016 - Elsevier
… The classical transportation problem (TP) is a special type of linear programming problem.
The purpose of TP is to transport the goods from sources to destinations. TP is also used in …

Strategic Interest Rate Hedges, or How Derivatives Can Help Solve the Pension Fund Crisis Part Ii

HM Kat, TP Kocken, J Engel - Alternative Investment Research …, 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper we use a scenario-based ALM model to study the impact of different interest
rate derivatives strategies on the risk-return profile of a defined benefit pension fund. The …

How Derivatives Can Help Solve the Pension Fund Crisis

HM Kat, TP Kocken… - Cass Business School …, 2003 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper we use a scenario-based ALM model to study the effects on the risk-return profile
of defined benefit pension funds from including options in the pension fund portfolio. Our …

Game theory and fuzzy programming approaches for bi-objective optimization of reservoir watershed management: a case study in Namazgah reservoir

N Üçler, GO Engin, HG Köçken, MS Öncel - Environmental Science and …, 2015 - Springer
In this study, game theory and fuzzy programming approaches were used to balance economic
and environmental impacts in the Namazgah reservoir, Turkey. The main goals identified …

A novel iterative method to solve a linear fractional transportation problem

SA Bas, HG Kocken, BA Ozkok - Pakistan Journal of Statistics and …, 2022 - pjsor.com
The linear fractional transportation problem (LFTP) is widely encountered as a particular
type of transportation problem (TP) in real-life. In this paper, a novel algorithm, based on the …