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The Actuary magazine

  • The Actuary magazine The magazine of the actuarial profession, published by the Staple Inn Actuarial Society

 Actuarial professional bodies and societies

 

Related professional bodies and societies

Education


  Journals and publications

 Google Scholar
  • Publishers:
    • LLP Ltd
      Lloyd's of London Press - includes catalogue of publications and searchable database of conferences, exhibitions and training courses
    • Risk Publications
      Aims to provide accurate analysis and technical commentary on the latest developments in finance and financial technology in a digestible, unbiased format
    • Swiss Re
      Includes a wide range of insurance publications for downloading
    • Witherby & Co
      Insurance and shipping publisher

Bulletin boards and newsgroups


 Glossaries and Dictionaries

 

 Portals and resource lists

Search engines and directories

  • British Library Online Catalogue
    Search the 8.5 million books and other material in the British Library's catalogues
  • Carol
    A free corporate online service offering one point access to worldwide company annual reports and a range of other investor information
  • Copac library catalogue
    Search the merged online catalogues of the major university and national libraries in the UK and Ireland 
  • Find
    Gateway to over 6,000 UK financial websites
  • Yahoo Actuarial science category
  • yell.com
    Yellow pages on the Internet. A useful search engine for UK-based information. In particular, the A-Z listing of UK company websites is often the most direct route to corporate information

Insurance news

  • Insurance window
    Daily updated industry news, articles, jobs and other industry information

Accountancy

Banking

  • The Bank of England
    The central bank of the United Kingdom
  • British Bankers Association
    A not-for-profit organisation, representing the banking industry in the UK. Funded by subscriptions from member banks and associate members from 60 different countries. Site includes information for consumers, businesses and the media
  • Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland
    An educational body which offers a wide range of widely-recognised qualifications
  • ifs School of Finance
    The ifs School of Finance develops and delivers a range of qualifications. The site includes information on qualifications, seminars, training events, conferences and lectures, on-line library catalogue and links to other financial services sites


Finance and investment


 General insurance and risk management


 Law

  • Casetrack database
    Updated daily. Provides full-text judgments. Searchable by case name, date, subject, judge or name of legal representative
  • UK statute law database
    Official revised edition of the primary legislation of the UK
  • Index to Pensions Law Reports Series
    An authoritative source of court decisions on pensions issues. Each report sets out the full text of a legal decision, accompanied by a summary of the facts and a concise comment assessing the significance of each case
  • The Law Society
    The professional body for solicitors in England and Wales
  • The Law Society Gazette
    The official magazine of the Law Society
  • Merrill Legal Solutions
    Clients have access to a wealth of resources, expertise and experience. From pan-global scanning and forensic collection projects to real-time court reporting and evidence presentation services
  • Find a solicitor
    Find a solicitor or check their details in the Law Society's definitive directory of law firms in England and Wales

Mathematics

  • Connecting mathematics
    Brief explanations of mathematical terms and ideas in English, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish and Slovak. Each term has links to broader, narrower and related terms. Set up by Cambridge University
  • Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
    Professional and learned society for qualified and practising mathematicians. Its mission is to promote mathematics in industry, business, the public sector, education and research
  • London Mathematical Society
    Major British learned society for mathematics
  • Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance
    Centre for academic research in quantitative finance, with special emphasis on alternative investments
  • Royal Statistical Society
    Forum for all who are interested in statistics
  • Smith Institute
    Aims to spread the use of mathematics and computer science, and in particular the intellectual discipline of the mathematical way of thinking, more widely in the formulation of industrial strategy and in the planning of industrial products and processes


Pensions & employee benefits

 

Real estate


Regulation and compliance

  • Board for Actuarial Standards
    BAS contributes to the achievement of the Financial Reporting Council's fundamental aim of supporting investor, market and public confidence in the financial and governance stewardship of listed and other entities by pursuing its aim of setting high quality actuarial standards.
  • FSA
    The Financial Services Authority, an independent body that regulates the financial services industry in the UK
  • FSA Central Register
    Register of firms authorised, or formerly authorised, under the FSA 1986 to carry on investment business in the UK. This computerised list enables you to make some basic checks about an investment firm before doing business with it
  • www.havingtheircake.com
    Publicises the effects of contemporary relationships between the investment markets and top managers on business and society, and campaigns for sensible reforms in the financing of industry.
  • International Compliance Association
    The International Compliance Association is a non-profit making professional organisation dedicated to the furtherance of best compliance and anti money laundering practice in the financial services sector
  • The Pensions Regulator
    Regulator of work-based pension schemes in the UK
  • The Compliance Exchange
    E-Information Centre for Compliance Officers, investment professionals and students
  • Compliance Online
    Links to financial services compliance-related sites and daily news on compliance issues


Software

 

Statistics & economic indicators: UK

  • Incomes Data Services
    Includes good series of economic indicators
  • Office of National Statistics
    The official UK statistics site containing a vast range of official UK statistics and information about statistics, which can be accessed and downloaded free
  • NDAD - UK National Digital Archive of Datasets
    Contains archived digital data from UK government departments and agencies. The system has been available since March 1998 and provides open access to the catalogues of all its holdings, and free access to open datasets following a simple registration process. Includes a useful page for mortality data 1901-1992

 

Statistics & economic indicators: worldwide

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
    Australia's official statistical organisation. Assists and encourages informed decision-making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by providing a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service
  • Statistics New Zealand
    New Zealand's official statistical agency
  • Statistics Canada
    Canada's central statistical agency. Free information split into four topics: land, people, economy and state. Further more specialised data available on subscription
  • US Department of Commerce
    The site for the US business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. Most services are charged
  • US Bureau of the Census
    Aims to be the preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. Most services free
  • US National Center for Health Statistics
    The Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency
  • Social security programs throughout the World

Taxation

  • Chartered Institute of Taxation
    The senior professional body in the United Kingdom concerned solely with all aspects of taxation
  • HM Revenue and Customs
    Statistics and reports on useful topics from how to fill in your self-assessment return to the latest budget press releases

 

UK national and local government

UK parliaments and assemblies


UK government publications and press releases

  • British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service
    A web-based database of British Official Publications 1688-1995
  • The Stationery Office
    Search for official publications by date, title, department or category
  • Official documents
    Full text of selected Government reports - White Papers, Green Papers and House of Commons Papers - and links to Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments and a range of other official information
  • Office of Public Sector Information
    Full text of Acts of Parliament from 1996, Statutory Instruments from 1997, Northern Ireland Statutory Rules from 1998 and other legislative documents
  • UK Parliament
    Includes the full text of many publications produced by the Stationery Office for Parliament, normally available on the same day as the item is published in printed form
  • Scottish Parliament
    Brings together the complete runs of all parliamentary resources. Current editions of the Business Bulletin, Official Reports, Minutes, WHISP (What's Happening in the Scottish Parliament) and other items which bear on current business
  • UKOP On-line
    Subscription catalogue of United Kingdom Official publications together with listings of other major British, European and International organisations. Contains 360,000 continually updated records of official reports and documentation from 1980 onwards
  • Wired-gov
    A personalised e-mail alert service in collaboration with the Government's News Distribution Service (GICS Cabinet Office)


 

 
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