September 2008

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Books

1857-2007: Banco Santander 150 years of history. - Acena, Pablo Martin. - 357 pages. [No: 69382]

Ageing in a consumer society : from passive to active consumption in Britain. - Jones, Ian Rees. - Policy Press, - ISBN: 9781861348821. [No: 38632]

Amendment to FRS 25 (IAS 32): Financial instruments: presentation: Puttable financial instruments and obligations arising on liquidation. - Accounting Standards Board. - ASB, 2008. - 56 pages. [No: 69378]

Annual report 2007. - Centre for Actuarial Studies, University of Melbourne. 2008. [No: 69381]

Annual report 2007/08. - Financial Services Consumer Panel. - 84 pages. [No: 69380]

Annual report and accounts: 2007/08. - Financial Services Compensation Scheme. 2008. - 103 pages. [No: 69379]

Corporate risk management: theory and practice. - Chew, Donald H. - Columbia University Press, 2007. - 480 pages. - ISBN: 978- 0231143639. [No: 69356]

Interest rate models. Theory and practice with smile, inflation and credit. - Brigo, Damiano; Mercurio, Fabio. - 2nd ed. - Springer, 2005. - 981 pages. - ISBN: 9783540221494. [No: 37939]

The (Mis)behaviour of markets: a fractal view of risk, ruin and reward. - Mandelbrot, Benoit B; Hudson, Richard L. - ISBN: 9781861977908. [No: 38634]

Nudge: improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness. - Thaler, Richard H; Sunstein, Cass R. - ISBN: 0141040017. [No: 38635]

Scotland in a global economy: The 2020 vision. - Hood, Neil (ed); Peat, Jeremy (ed); Peters, Ewen (ed); Young, Stephen (ed). - Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. - 360 pages. [No: 69377]

Tolley's guide to the importance of good pension record-keeping: An analysis. - Self, Roger. - LexisNexis Butterworths, 2008. - 26 pages. [No: 69358]

Actuarial education and profession
Business ethics : case studies and selected readings. - Jennings, Marianne. - 6th ed. - South-Western Cengage Learning, - ISBN: 9780324657876. [No: 38618]

Demography ; Health and care insurance ; Pensions ; Social security ; Life assurance
Living to 100 and beyond: Society of Actuaries International Symposium. - Society of Actuaries. 2008. [No: 38619]

Demography
Scoping mortality research (report of the Mortality research steering group): A discussion paper. - MacDonald, C. 2008. [No: 38636]

Economics and finance ; Investment
Tax Tables 2008/09: Finance Act 2008 Edition. - Laing, Sarah; Grant Thornton UK LLP. - Tottel Publishing. Grant Thornton, - 32 pages. - ISBN: 9781847662828. [No: 38600]

General insurance
UK Insurance - Key facts. - Association of British Insurers. - Association of British Insurers, 2008. - 16 pages. [No: 38621]

General reference
Dod's parliamentary companion 2008. - 176th ed. - Vacher Dod, 2008. - 1231 pages. - ISBN: 9780905702728. [No: 38633]

Scottish law directory: Fees supplement 2008. - LexisNexis Butterworths, 2007. - 225 pages. - ISBN: 1 405 72903 1. [No: 63812]

Mathematics
Choosing k for two-class nearest neighbour classifiers with unbalanced classes. - Hand, David J; Vinciotti, Veronica. 2002. [No: 38623]

Model selection in supervised clarification. - Vinciotti, Veronica. 2002. [No: 38601]

Pensions
2008 Smaller Firms Pension Survey Report (Part 1). - Association of Consulting Actuaries. - Association of Consulting Actuaries, 2008. - 8 pages. [No: 38620]

The phases of retirement and planning for the unexpected : 2007 Risks and Process of Retirement & Survey: Key findings and issues. - Society of Actuaries. - Society of Actuaries, 2008. [No: 38624]

Tolley's guide to the transfer value regulations. - Wilson, John. - LexisNexis Butterworths, 2008. - ISBN: 97807545.6789. [No: 38459]

Risk management
The Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable. - Taleb, Nassim N. - Penguin books, 2008. - 366 pages. - ISBN: 9780141034591. [No: 38234]

Journals

The Actuary, vol. October (2008)

• Actuaries versus quants. - Wilmott, Paul. [No: 38654]
• Autumn for actuaries? - Bowie, Ronnie. [No: 38646]
• Be fair and share. - Sclare, Alistair. [No: 38658]
• Business as usual. Letters to the editor. - Gibbs, Jefferson. [No: 38652]
• Communicating change. Letter to the editor. - Watkins, Trevor. [No: 38604]
• Cultural Awareness. - Lewin, Christopher G. [No: 38653]
• The day the outlier came to town. Editorial. - de Valois, Margaret. [No: 38645]
• A decade of regulatory failure. - Colbran, Roy. [No: 38660]
• Do you have a healthy TEAM? - Anstead, Sheila; Coote, Chris; Alder, Joanne. [No: 38656]
• Freedom of movement?. Letter to the editor. - Steel, Robert. [No: 38607]
• Happy 25th birthday! - Martin, Allen. [No: 38615]
• The last post. - Edwards, Matthew. [No: 38614]
• Last year's model. Letters to the editor. - Bishop, John. [No: 38649]
• Look closer. - Green, Solomon. [No: 38611]
• Love, Actuarilly. Student page. - Fleming, Ross. [No: 38663]
• Merging realities. Letter of the month. - Saunders, Adrian. [No: 38603]
• A nudge in the right direction. - Tomkins, Peter. [No: 38662]
• Opening new doors. - Dix, Roger. [No: 38659]
• Pastures New. Letter to the editor. - New, Ian. [No: 38606]
• The price of graduate employment. Editorial. - de Valois, Margaret. [No: 38602]
• The right direction. Letter of the month. - Kingsley, Miller. [No: 38647]
• A right to fair treatment. Soapbox. - Worsfold, David. [No: 38609]
• The rise and rise of LDI. - Pritchard, Ross. [No: 38655]
• A short guide to the Kelly Criterion. - Ziemba, William. [No: 38612]
• Shortage of actuaries?. Letter to the editors. - Hylands, John. [No: 38608]
• Silent majority. Letters to the editor. - Ritchie, J Stewart R. [No: 38648]
• Solvency 2, Practicalities 2, after extra time. Letter to the editor. - Cluskey, Graeme. [No: 38605]
• Striking the perfect balance. - Tanser, James. [No: 38613]
• Stronger, fitter, faster. - Steyn, Lukas. [No: 38657]
• To regulate or not to regulate? - Kennedy, Paul. [No: 38616]
• Weather or not. Letters to the editor. - Scott, William F. [No: 38650]
• Welcome to the real world. Student page. - Haxby, Daniel; Huang, Grace. [No: 38617]
• Words of warning. Letters to the editor. - Clarkson, Robert. [No: 38651]
• World association. - Daykin, Chris D. [No: 38661]

Journal of Social Policy, vol. 37 (4) (2008)

• Beyond Modernisation? Social Care and the Transformation of Welfare Governance. - Newman, Janet; Glendinning, Caroline; Hughes, Michael. [No: 38637]
• Do Citizens Know How to Deal with Legal Issues? Some Empirical Insights. - Buck, Alexy; Pleasence, Pascoe; Balmer, Nigel J. [No: 38643]
• Doing a Bit more for the Poor? Social Assistance in Latin America. - Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter. [No: 38641]
• Measuring Poverty in Britain as a Multi-dimensional Concept, 1991 to 2003. - Tomlinson, Mark; Walker, Robert; Williams, Glenn. [No: 38640]
• Older Men and Work in the Twenty-First Century: What Can the History of Retirement Tell Us? - Macnicol, John. [No: 38639]
• Using Life Histories in Social Policy Research: The Case of Third Sector/Public Sector Boundary Crossing. - Lewis, David. [No: 38638]
• Veto Players and Welfare State Change: What Delays Social Entitlement Bills? - Daubler, Thomas. [No: 38644]
• Women and Housing Assets in the Context of Japan's Home-owning Democracy. - Hirayama, Yosuke; Izuhara, Misa. [No: 38642]

Sigma, vol. 6 (2008)

• World insurance in 2007: emerging markets leading the way. - Swiss Reinsurance Company. [No: 38631]