Registration: 16.00 - 16.30

Programme: 16.30 - 18.00

Drinks Reception: 18.00 - 19.00

Why attend?

This session is aimed at showing an unconventional view of the weakness and uncertainty of well accepted financial models and to offer methods and strategies for dealing with them.  The discussion focuses the implications for creating new models, as might be done in a Solvency II, ICA+ or Capital Management project.

Who should attend?

At this one hour event, the President will highlight key developments which Council will be working on for members this year. 

“Ramping up our Relevance” of the IFoA, the work that actuaries do, and the influence that actuaries have is the key theme of David Hare’s Presidential Year.  He would like this breakfast event to be as much about members asking questions and sharing views as it will be about presenting information. 

Registration: 17.00 to 17.30

Programme: 17.30 to 19.00

Why attend?

Come and hear from two leading experts, Andrew Haldane and Vijay Krishnaswamy, discuss the highly topical issue of model risk in financial regulation.

Models are key to the modern financial regulatory framework and modelling and managing model risk are crucial actuarial skills.

Registration: 17.00 to 17.30

Programme: 17.30 to 19.00 

Why attend?

Can long term investment performance be optimised not only for financial rewards but also for ESG rewards? Why are financial and ESG rewards aligned for owners with large diversified portfolios? Fiona Reynolds, Managing Director, UNPRI, will set the scene. Lewis Grant will talk about how Hermes Fund Managers put principles of responsible ownership into practice, aiming to achieve superior long term performance.

This event is now fully booked. To book onto the waiting list please email niki.park@actuaries.org.uk

Registration: 17.00 to 17.30

Programme: 17.30 to 19.00

Why attend?

This presentation explores a number of factors influencing the dynamics of the risk-free curve.