TY - RPRT UR - http://www.carloalberto.org/assets/working-papers/no.403.pdf KW - longevity risk KW - static vs. dynamic hedging KW - longevity swaps KW - longevity bonds JEL classification G22 KW - G32 N2 - This paper provides the static, swap-based hedge for an annuity, and compares it with the dynamic, delta-based hedge, achieved using longevity bonds. We assume that the longevity intensity is distributed according to a CIR-type process and provide closed-form derivatives prices and hedges, also in presence of an analogous CIR process for interest rate risk. Our calibration to 65-year old UK males shows that ? once interest rate risk is perfectly hedged ? the average hedging error of the dynamic hedge is moderate, and both its variance and the thickness of the tails of its distribution are decreasing with the rebalancing frequency. The spread over the basic "swap rate" which makes 99.5% quantile of the distribution of the dynamic hedging error equal to the cost of the static hedge lies between 0.01 and 0.04%. M1 - working_paper AV - public TI - Static versus dynamic longevity­ risk hedging ID - eprints2635 Y1 - 2015/// A1 - De Rosa, Clemente A1 - Luciano, Elisa A1 - Regis, Luca PB - Collegio Carlo Alberto EP - 19 SN - 2279-9362 ER -