Nexus Risk Management Inc.
NEXUS RISK MANAGEMENT INC.
Nexus Risk Management Inc. provides ALM and asset management
solutions to the financial services industry. More information
about Nexus Risk Management Inc. is available at
www.nexusriskmanagement.com.
SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES
The Society of Actuaries is a nonprofit professional society of more than 18,000 members involved in the modeling and management of financial risk and contingent events. The mission of the SOA is to advance actuarial knowledge and enhance the ability of actuaries to provide expert advice and relevant solutions for financial, business and societal problems involving uncertain future events. www.soa.org
STANDARD AND POOR'S
Standard & Poor's is one of the world s preeminent providers of credit ratings. In addition, Standard & Poor's maintains financial-market indices, such as the S&P 500R, and provides a wide range of other products and services designed to help individuals and institutions make better-informed financial decisions with greater confidence.
INTERNATIONAL ACTUARIAL ASSOCIATION
The International Actuarial Association is the worldwide association, regrouping local professional actuarial associations and their individual actuaries. The IAA exists to encourage the development of a global profession, acknowledged as technically competent and professionally reliable, which will ensure the public interest is served. www.actuaries.org
CZECH SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES
The Czech Society of Actuaries was established to promote the development of insurance mathematics in Czech Republic. Its aim is to concentrate intellectual capacities of Czech and Slovak insurance technicians in the interest of insurance and social sciences, as well as to defend the rights of academically educated insurance specialists. www.actuaria.cz
SINGAPORE ACTUARIAL SOCIETY
The Singapore Actuarial Society was formed to promote the study of actuarial science and professional standards. The Society ultimately aims to be the recognized representative body of the actuarial profession in Singapore, having the final authority in setting professional standards. www.actuaries.org.sg
Nexus Risk Management Inc. is based in Toronto, ON, Canada
USING ASSET LIABILITY MANAGEMENT TO GAIN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Over the past few decades, financial institutions with inadequate or no Asset Liability Management ( ALM ) discipline have been ruthlessly punished by the financial markets, suffered severe losses and experienced several failures as a result of their exposure to changes in interest rates, asset defaults and turbulent equity markets. In many cases these risks were unnecessary and could easily have been avoided with effective ALM. Many companies today are not being fairly compensated for the risks they are assuming. Best practices that have emerged in the area of ALM over the last few years have enabled insurance companies to use ALM as a strategic decision making framework to add value, gain competitive advantage and achieve financial objectives. Nexus Risk Management works with a number of insurance and reinsurance companies globally to implement best practice ALM, ERM and LDI frameworks, formulate effective ALM strategies and execute asset management within an ALM framework.
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED COURSES
Nexus Risk Management conducts internationally acclaimed courses on ALM with the Society of Actuaries. Over 500 ALM practitioners, senior managers, regulators and analysts from around the world have attended Asset Liability Management Techniques and Practices.
A BETTER APPROACH TO ASSET MANAGEMENT
Through joint ventures with Asset Management firms the inadequacies of the traditional asset management model are resolved and assets are managed directly against the liability cash flows within a principled ALM framework. Strategies to optimize the portfolio on a default-free basis have added substantial value for our clients by simultaneously decreasing their risk exposure AND increasing their investment income by millions per year.
POWERFUL TOOLS TO MANAGE RISK
Nexus Risk Management provides powerful ALM software to manage risk exposure. ALM Calculation Engine v3.1 is a fully transparent Excel based tool that enables companies to manage the risk exposure associated with a given set of asset and liability cash flows. ALM Calculation Engine v3.1 performs the necessary calculations to conduct the various activities in the ALM process including 1) measurement of risk exposure, 2) analysis of strategies and assumption changes, 3) monitoring of ALM position against approved risk limits, 4) risk reporting, 5) portfolio rebalancing and 6) optimization.
RESEARCH AND SURVEYS OF INDUSTRY PRACTICE
Intellectual capital is our most prized asset. Leading edge research in the area of risk management and observation of industry practices globally help ensure Nexus Risk Management provides advanced risk management solutions to its clients. We also conduct commissioned surveys of industry practice on behalf of our clients.
Training available from Nexus Risk Management Inc.
: This internationally acclaimed course consists of a 
