You Work for a Large Insurance Company and Have Been

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Essay

You work for a large insurance company and have been assigned to explain to a customer (a large pension fund)how strategies of 1)exact matching and 2)duration matching will help in meeting a projected set of pension fund liabilities.Explain what each technique entails and how it works.Examples would be useful.Be sure to conclude your report with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each technique.

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Definitions:

Proton Spin Decoupled

A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique where the interaction between proton spins is removed or reduced, enhancing spectral resolution.

0-50 Ppm

A concentration range indicating 0 to 50 parts per million, often used to describe the presence of a substance within another substance.

Proton Spin Decoupled

A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique used to simplify the spectrum and analyze the structure by decoupling the interactions between proton spins.

Proton Spin Decoupled

A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique used to simplify spectra by removing interaction between proton spins.