Scenario analysis - just an Actuarial thing?

The best way to do Financial projections is to produce scenarios. Start with a best estimate model, identify the main business drivers; say Inflation, Sales, Business Mix etc Shock them up and down and produce worst case scenarios and best case scenarios. Then present management with a funnel of possibilities. See SHELL scenarios, to get an idea!

However, as an Actuary I can attest that this hardly happens in IB. Don't analysts care about these, or is it just an Actuarial thing?

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My question here relates to whether it's common in IB to disclose these scenarios in company Financial reports. We (actuaries) have something called an ORSA (Own Risk & Solvency Assessment) through which we disclose scenarios for analysts in Financial reports alongside Embedded Values

 

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