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2020-Midterm exam

Financial Mathematics for Actuaries (University of New South Wales)

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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

SCHOOL OF RISK AND ACTUARIAL STUDIES

TERM 1 2020

ACTL2111/5102 Financial Mathematics

Mid-term Examination

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INSTRUCTIONS:

• Time Allowed: 1 hour

• Reading time: 5 minutes

• This examination paper has 14 pages

• Total number of questions: 7

• Total marks available: 50 points

• Marks allocated for each part of the questions are indicated in the examination paper.
The questions are not of equal value.

• Use your own calculator for this exam. All calculators must be UNSW approved.

• Answer all questions in the space allocated to them. If more space is required, use
the additional pages at the end and state the question number.

• This is a closed-book test and no formula sheets are allowed except for the Formulae
and Tables for Actuarial Exams (any edition). IT MUST BE WHOLLY UNANNO-
TATED.

• Show all necessary steps in your solutions. If there is no written solution, then
no marks will be awarded.

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Question Mark

1 [5 marks]

2 [7 marks]

3 [7 marks]

4 [6 marks]

5 [6 marks]

6(a) [5 marks]

6(b) [3 marks]

7(a) [5 marks]

7(b) [6 marks]

Total [50 marks]

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Question 1 (5 marks)
It is given that a20 = 11.196 and (Ia)20 = 95.36. Find i.

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Question 2 (7 marks)
Tom deposits $100 today plus another $300 five years later into his bank account earning
simple interest of 11% per annum. On the other hand, Ann’s bank quotes an annual
effective interest rate of 9%. Ann will deposit $100 into her account t years from now,
and another $300 will be deposited 2t years from now. The accumulated amount of Tom’s
deposits equals the accumulated amount of Ann’s deposits, where the accumulated amounts
are calculated 10 years from now. Given that 2t < 10, calculate the value of t.

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Question 3 (7 marks)
John deposits $200 into a fund now. During the first year, the interest is earned at a
nominal rate of 10% per annum compounded semi-annually. John deposits another $21
one year from now. During the second year, interest is earned continuously under a force
of interest δ(t) = (K + t)−1 (for 1 ≤ t ≤ 2 where t denotes the time measured in years). If
the total accumulated amount in John’s fund two years from now is $276, find the value
of K.

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Question 4 (6 marks)
Susan pays $100,000 now to purchase a special increasing perpetuity that makes annual
payments as follows. The first payment takes place one year from now and is of amount
P . The amount of the second payment is 2P , and the third one is 3P , and so on, until a
payment of 10P is made 10 years from now. Afterwards, the amount of the 11th payment
is 1.05 times that of the 10th payment, and the amount of the 12th payment is 1.05 times
that of the 11th payment, and so on, and this continues forever (i.e. each payment is 1.05
times the previous one in terms of the amount). If the annual effective rate of interest is
7%, determine P .

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Question 5 (6 marks)
Sam pays $10,000 now to purchase a special deferred perpetuity-due. The perpetuity-due
has monthly payments. Each payment is $100 for the first five years and then decreases to
$50 thereafter. Given that the annual effective interest rate is 5%, calculate the deferral
period.

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Question 6 (Total = 8 marks)

(a) (5 marks) Without performing any mathematical derivation, explain with the help of
a cash-flow diagram why the following identity is valid:
X
n
(Da)n = at .
t=1

(b) (3 marks) Use part (a) to derive the standard formula for (Da)n .

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Question 7 (Total = 11 marks)

(a) (5 marks) Suppose that now (at time 0) you invest $10,000 in a project which will
generate income of $2,500 at time 1, $5,000 at time 3 and $7,500 at time 4. (Time is
measured in years.) The annual effective yield rate of the project is denoted by i. Show
that i satisfies the following equation:

4i4 + 15i3 + 21i2 + 11i − 2 = 0.

(b) (6 marks) Using the result of part (a), apply the Newton-Raphson method with the
starting point i0 = 0.05 to calculate the (approximate) values of i in the next three itera-
tions.

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