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Strategies for Risk Management and Portfolio Resilience to Navigate Bond Market Volatility
Jul 11, 2024
Ernest Lang
Ernest Lang, Head of GA ALM Analytics, Transamerica
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  • Higher rates weaken bond valuations, necessitating sophisticated risk management strategies.

  • Aligning asset and liability durations is crucial in navigating interest rate fluctuations.

  • Developing an all-weather product suite ensures competitiveness and sustainability across varying rate environments.

  • With upcoming elections and divergent fiscal policies, financial services must brace for potential disruptions and unintended consequences.

Ernest Lang Bio

Ernest Lang is Director and Head of GA ALM Analytics at Transamerica Corporation. He leads a cross-functional team overseeing ALM mismatch/duration management, board-level management reporting, and performance attribution/investment analytics for general account portfolios. Ernest previously served as Head of Market Risk Oversight at USAA. Before joining the insurance sector, he spent collectively 12 years with Wachovia/Wells Fargo in various leadership roles in Treasury, trading, and market risk functions. Ernest holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Wake Forest University and an M.S. in Operations Research from Columbia University, and has been a CFA charterholder since 2006. In his leisure time, Ernest enjoys reading, traveling, and playing tennis.

Ernest Lang