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Article

Cairns, A. J. G., Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090, Dowd, K. , Coughlan, G. D., Jones, O. & Rowney, J.view all authors (2022). A General Framework for Analysing the Mortality Experience of a Large Portfolio of Lives: With an Application to the UK Universities Superannuation Scheme. European Actuarial Journal, 12(1), pp. 381-415. doi: 10.1007/s13385-022-00309-1

Dowd, K. & Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090 (2022). Good Practice Principles in Modelling Defined Contribution Pension Plans. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15(3), article number 108. doi: 10.3390/jrfm15030108

Dowd, K. & Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090 (2022). Projecting Mortality Rates to Extreme Old Age with the CBDX Model. Forecasting, 4(1), pp. 208-218. doi: 10.3390/forecast4010012

Dowd, K., Cairns, J. G. & Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090 (2020). CBDX: A Workhorse Mortality Model from the Cairns-Blake-Dowd Family. Annals of Actuarial Science, 14(2), pp. 445-460. doi: 10.1017/s1748499520000159

Dowd, K., Cairns, A. J. G. & Blake, D. (2019). Hedging Annuity Risks with the Age-Period-Cohort Two-Population Gravity Model. North American Actuarial Journal, 25(sup1), S170-S181. doi: 10.1080/10920277.2019.1652102

Dowd, K., Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090, Buckner, D. & Fry, J.view all authors (2019). The Valuation of No-Negative Equity Guarantees and Equity Release Mortgages. Economics Letters, 184, article number 108669. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108669

Blake, D., Cairns, A. J. G., Dowd, K. & Kessler, A.R.view all authors (2019). Still living with mortality: The longevity risk transfer market after one decade. British Actuarial Journal, 24, article number e1. doi: 10.1017/s1357321718000314

Cairns, A.J.G., Blake, D., Dowd, K. & Kessler, A.R.view all authors (2016). Phantoms never die: Living with unreliable population data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 179(4), pp. 975-1005. doi: 10.1111/rssa.12159

Dowd, K., Blake, D. & Cairns, A. J. G. (2016). The Myth of Methuselah and the Uncertainty of Death: The Mortality Fan Charts. Risks, 4(3), article number 21. doi: 10.3390/risks4030021

Cairns, A. J. G., Dowd, K., Blake, D. & Coughlan, G. D.view all authors (2014). Longevity hedge effectiveness: A decomposition. Quantitative Finance, 14(2), pp. 217-235. doi: 10.1080/14697688.2012.748986

Blake, D., Cairns, A.J.G., Coughlan, G. D. , Dowd, K. & MacMinn, R.view all authors (2013). The New Life Market. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 80(3), pp. 501-558. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2012.01514.x

Dawson, P., Dowd, K., Cairns, A.J.G. & Blake, D.view all authors (2010). Survivor Derivatives: A Consistent Pricing Framework. Journal Of Risk And Insurance, 77(3), pp. 579-596. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2010.01356.x

Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090, Cairns, A. & Dowd, K. (2004). Long-term Value at Risk. Journal of Risk Finance, 5(2), pp. 52-57. doi: 10.1108/eb022986

Book Section

Coughlan, G. D., Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090, MacMinn, R. , Cairns, A. J. G. & Dowd, K.view all authors (2013). Longevity Risk and Hedging Solutions. In: Dionne, G. (Ed.), Handbook of Insurance. (pp. 997-1035). New York, USA: Springer Science & Business Media. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0155-1_34

Monograph

Dowd, K. & Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090 (2019). On the Projection of Mortality Rates to Extreme Old Age (PI-1909). London, UK: Pensions Institute.

Dowd, K., Cairns, J. G. & Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090 (2019). A Simple Approach to Project Extreme Old Age Mortality Rates and Value Mortality-Related Financial Instruments (PI-1907). London, UK: Pensions Institute.

Dowd, K., Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090, Buckner, D. & Fry, J.view all authors (2019). The Valuation of No-Negative Equity Guarantees and Equity Release Mortgages (PI-1911). London, UK: Pensions Institute.

Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090, Cairns, A., Dowd, K. & Kessler, A.R.view all authors (2018). Still Living with Mortality: The Longevity Risk Transfer Market after One Decade (PI-1804). London, UK: Pensions Institute.

Dowd, K. & Blake, D. (2013). Good Practice Principles in Modelling Defined Contribution Pension Plans (PI-1302). UK: Pensions Institute.

Report

Harrison, D., Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090 & Dowd, K. (2014). VfM: Assessing value for money in defined contribution default funds. London: The Pensions Institute; Cass Business School, ISSN 1367-580X.

Harrison, D., Blake, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2453-2090 & Dowd, K. (2012). Caveat Venditor: The Brave New World of Auto-Enrolment should be Governed by the Principle of Seller not Buyer Beware. London, UK: The Pensions Institute; Cass Business School, ISSN 1367-580X.