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the ratio between the net operating income produced by an asset and its capital cost, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Fair Value Inputs, Cash Flow Multiples

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Capitalization rate used to calculate the resale value of a property by capitalizing the expected net operating income of the property at the end of the planned holding period, used as an input to measure fair value.

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The estimated percentage of people who will annuitize using their GMIB value, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Estimated probability of a contract surrendering during a year, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Risk associated with risk of default, credit spread risk and downgrade risk, expressed as a percentage, used as an input to measure fair value.

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basis point of adjustment comparing spreads to industry yield curves to the observed price for a similar asset or liability when an identical transaction does not exist, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Eatimated rate of withdrawal for insurance guarantee products, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
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-Section 50
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