Patents by Inventor Alasdair Rew

Alasdair Rew has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140236863
    Abstract: A system for de-risking a pension fund, the system including: an input module for receiving asset class forecasts; a modeling module for modeling a plurality of portfolios based on the asset class forecasts to provide a de-risking framework; an asset mix module for receiving an asset mix for each of the model portfolios based on the de-risking framework; a database for storing data related to the asset class forecasts, the model portfolios, and asset mix; a processor configured to monitor the model portfolios for performance within the de-risking framework by: calculating an indicator of funded status volatility; comparing the indicator with a benchmark; and reporting the result. In particular, the indicator of funded status volatility is a liability tracking error and the benchmark is the liability tracking error of a conventional or standard pension portfolio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: MANULIFE ASSET MANAGEMENT (US) LLC
    Inventors: ERIC MENZER, Konstantin Danilov, Joseph O'CONNOR, Paul Partridge, Alasdair Rew, Nadia Savva, Steve Orlich, Steve Medina, Bob Boyda, Irina Muhina, Neal Toomey
  • Publication number: 20140136444
    Abstract: A system for de-risking a pension fund, the system including: an input module for receiving asset class forecasts; a modeling module for modeling a plurality of portfolios based on the asset class forecasts to provide a de-risking framework; an asset mix module for receiving an asset mix for each of the model portfolios based on the de-risking framework; a database for storing data related to the asset class forecasts, the model portfolios, and asset mix; a processor configured to monitor the model portfolios for performance within the de-risking framework by: calculating an indicator of funded status volatility; comparing the indicator with a benchmark; and reporting the result. In particular, the indicator of funded status volatility is a liability tracking error and the benchmark is the liability tracking error of a conventional or standard pension portfolio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MANULIFE ASSET MANAGEMENT (US) LLC
    Inventors: Eric MENZER, Konstantin DANILOV, Joseph O'CONNOR, Paul PARTRIDGE, Alasdair REW, Nadia SAVVA, Steve ORLICH, Steve MEDINA, Bob BOYDA, Irina MUHINA, Neal TOOMEY
  • Patent number: 8725618
    Abstract: A system for de-risking a pension fund, the system including: an input module for receiving asset class forecasts; a modeling module for modeling a plurality of portfolios based on the asset class forecasts to provide a de-risking framework; an asset mix module for receiving an asset mix for each of the model portfolios based on the de-risking framework; a database for storing data related to the asset class forecasts, the model portfolios, and asset mix; a processor configured to monitor the model portfolios for performance within the de-risking framework by: calculating an indicator of funded status volatility; comparing the indicator with a benchmark; and reporting the result. In particular, the indicator of funded status volatility is a liability tracking error and the benchmark is the liability tracking error of a conventional or standard pension portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC
    Inventors: Eric Menzer, Konstantin Danilov, Joseph O'Connor, Paul Partridge, Alasdair Rew, Nadia Savva, Steve Orlich, Steve Medina, Bob Boyda, Irina Muhina, Neal Toomey