1. Installation 2. Main Form 3. Menu Items 4. Settings 5. Functional Forms 6. Data Confidentiality
1. Overview 2. Government Bonds 3. Regional & Municipals 4. Corporate Bonds 5. Infrastructure Debt 6. EU Covered Bonds 7. Mortgage Loans 8. Securitised Assets 9. Credit Default Swap 10. Cash 11. Equity and Options 12. Property 13. Bond Futures 14. Interest Rate Swaps 15. Convertible Bonds 16. SCR Results 17. PowerPoint Export 18. Verbal Explanations 19, Cashflows, Curves & Sensitivities 20. Saving to a Portfolio
1. Overview 2. Choice of Data 3. Notch-level Interpolation 4. Button for Verification 5. Get and Set MA parameters
1. Overview 2. Basic Inputsheet 3. Bloomberg Inputsheet 4. The FX Tab 5. The Stats Tab 6. The SCR Tabs 7. Buttons on the RHS 8. Tripartite Columns 9. Sensitivity Testing 10. Solvency Report
1. Overview 2. Import Allocation 3. Import Returns 4. First Efficient Frontier 5. Numerical Constraint 6. Verbal Constraint 7. Multi-Regime 8. Ad Hoc Columns 9. Quarterly and Missing Values 10. Partially Hedged Series 11. LRPs and Surplus Optimisation 12. Setting Customised Objective
1. Overview 2. Simple Allocation Table 3. "Proactive Interpretation" 4. Working with Larger Portfolios 5. Limitations
1. Overview 2. Input Spreadsheet 3. The 'Current' tab 4. The 'New' tab 5. The 'Settings' tab 6. Run Optimisation 7. Use - Reduce SCR 8. Use - Allocation Cap 9. Use - Credit Fundamentals 10. Use - Minimise Turnover 11. Use - ESG 12, Use - Transactional Cashflow Planning 13, Use - Annuity Cashflow Matching
1. Overview 2. Layout 3 Examine a Single Asset 4. Calculate All and Export
1. Menu Items 2. Basic Inputsheet Datafields 3. Bloomberg Datafields 4. Ratings and Rating Index 5. Currencies and Countries
1. Modelling Cashflows with Optionality 2. Floating Rate Modelling 3. Mortgages and Securitised Assets 4. CDS Modelling 5, Equity Options Modelling
1. Solvency II 2. Swiss Solvency Test 3. Bermuda SCR 4. China C-Ross II 5. Australian LAGIC 6. S&P Insurance Capital 7. Insurance Capital Standard 8. Japan ESR 9. Korean-ICS 10. Singapore RBC 11. Taiwan RBC

SCR Calculator User Manual

Version 1.13.3.0 Last modified 2024-4-29

Web Version

For the web version, no installation is needed. Users need to first install the desktop version, then automatically obtain a login to the web version.

The web version is a simplified version of the single asset module form of the desktop version, and is intended for quick look-up only. For detailed explanations, please see this page.

Desktop Version

The real software is the desktop version. It can be installed using a .msix installer as explained in Installation Guide. Once the App is installed, you can directly log in using your company SSO account. Free trial period is 30 days.

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Upon your first usage of the App, it will create an account for you on this website, with the same email as your SSO account email, and a default password "12345678". Remember to log in here and change your password.

New users might see a company access request page upon first time SSO login.

Access Confirmation

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This is normal and is explained here: Azure SSO- How to remove approval required screen after sign in - Stack Overflow.

The only data the App reads is your SSO username and computer name. No confidential information is read. You should request approval if needed and proceed with using the App.

About

The SCR Calculator can be used for single asset or portfolio SCR calculations under multiple jurisdictions, and both asset-class-level and line-level portfolio optimisations.

External Resources

  1. Solvency II - EU2015-35
  2. Swiss Solvency Test
  3. Bermuda Solvency
  4. China C-ROSS II
  5. Australian LAGIC
  6. S&P Capital (pre-2023 version)
  7. Insurance Capital Standard v2.0
  8. Japan ESR
  9. Korean ICS
  10. Singapore RBC
  11. Taiwan RBC