Corporate decisions: beyond the frontier

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This paper shows how the powerful and flexible tool of stochastic modelling can be applied to a range of business decisions extending far beyond the asset allocation solutions that are common to many ALM studies. The example used to demonstrate these techniques is a non-life case study, but similar principles can be extended to many different business situations. At each stage of the analysis we consider the implications of modern financial theory on the management decision process together with a practical perspective on observed behaviour in the real world. Opportunities are taken to suggest directions into which further research may be of benefit to the actuarial profession.