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Pensions Practice Executive Committee
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Response from the Actuarial Profession

Good practice when choosing assumptions for defined benefit pension schemes with a special focus on mortality. Consultation by the Pensions Regulator

The Actuarial Profession welcomes the opportunity to comment on this consultation. We are fully supportive of your aim to provide good practice when choosing mortality assumptions for defined benefit pension schemes. We too support the need for mortality ... read more >>

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Response from the Actuarial Profession

Building personal accounts - choosing a charging structure. Consultation by the personal accounts delivery authority. Comments from the Actuarial Profession

The Actuarial Profession welcomes PADA's consultation on charging structues. consultation response April 2008 personal accounts delivery authority Building personal accounts: choosing a charging structure Faculty of Actuaries Maclaurin Hous e ... read more >>

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Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
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Tech 02/08

Actuaries' and auditors' inter-professional communication - pensions and other post retirement benefits

Memorandum prepared by an Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) working party containing guidance on inter-professional communication between the actuary and the auditor in the context of accounting requirements relating to ... read more >>

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Steve Aukett
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Investment strategy for pensions actuaries seminar, 11 April 2008

LDI (liability driven investment): Practical issues and risks

LDI: Practical issues and risks Steve Aukett, Insight Investment Smoother path to the funding target Funding level Target Traditional approach LDI Time Current What are the key issues? ? Identifying and managing the risks – what is the objective? ? ... read more >>

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Eleanor de Freitas
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Investment strategy for pensions actuaries seminar, 11 April 2008

Investing in commodities (handouts)

1 Investment Strategy for Pension Actuaries Seminar 11 April 2008, London Investing in Commodities Eleanor de Freitas Barclays Global Investors Investing in commodities ? The case for commodities ? Performance characteristics ? Relationship with ... read more >>

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James Hand
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Investment strategy for pensions actuaries seminar, 11 April 2008

Behavioural finance (handouts)

1 Pension Actuaries Seminar Behavioural Finance 11 April 2008 James Hand Head of 4Factor Research, Investec Asset Management Behavioural finance...in essence simply recognises that human beings, individually and collectively, behave as humans (having ... read more >>

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George Ochs
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Investment strategy for pensions actuaries seminar, 11 April 2008

The case for infrastructure investing (handouts)

1 Investment Strategy for Pension Actuaries Seminar 11 April 2008, London The Case for Infrastructure Investing For professional investors only - not for onward distribution. The case for Infrastructure Investing 2 The Case for Infrastructure ... read more >>

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John Wilkinson
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Investment strategy for pensions actuaries seminar, 11 April 2008

Hedge funds: industry update (handouts)

1 Investment Strategy for Pension Actuaries Seminar 11 April 2008, London Hedge funds: industry update John Wilkinson, Man Investments Important notes This document is not an invitation to make an investment in any product to which Man Investments ... read more >>

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Daniel Harrison
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Current Issues in Pensions seminar, Spring 2008

The developing buy-out market (handouts)

Current Issues in Pensions The Developing Buy-Out Market Daniel Harrison Synesis Life 4 April 2008 “People always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them. An annuity is a very serious business; it comes over and over every year, and ... read more >>

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Peter Tompkins
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Current Issues in Pensions seminar, Spring 2008

Member options

1 Member Options Peter Tompkins Commutation factors Agenda ? Introduction ? Member Options Working Party Report ? The Pension Regulator’s view ? Typical factors and trends in changing factors ? Who has the power to set the factors ? Further issues ... read more >>