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NoCA UK Teleconference–A Risk Management perspective on Artificial Intelligence and FinTech
N/A22 February 2019This teleconference will be presented by Isaac Alfon
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IFRS17 Workshop, 21 February
Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ21 February 2019
The Life Board and Life Lifelong Learning Sub-committee are running this half-day workshop on IFRS 17.They will provide a detailed understanding of the key concepts of the standard, as well as discuss how implementation will impact people, process and systems. They will also share views on how the new standard will change the way insurers are viewed in the market, and share perspectives from within and outside of the profession.
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ARC Event on Periodical Payment Orders
Staple Inn, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QJ20 February 2019The IFoA’s Actuarial Research Centre (ARC) is convening a research event on the subject of Periodical Payment Orders (PPOs) in late February 2019.
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Sessional Meeting: Managing Uncertainty: Principles for Improved Decision Making
Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7PP18 February 2019 -
Professional Skills Training - Edinburgh (13 Feb 19)
IFoA (Edinburgh), Level 2, Exchange Crescent 7 Conference Square Edinburgh EH3 8RA13 February 2019 -
SIAS Event: How Vaping can save 1 Million Years of Life
Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ6 February 2019This talk be given by Daniel Pryor, Head of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute, and will set out the current state of smoking prevalence in the UK, discuss the impacts on health and wellbeing, and evaluate the impact that traditional tobacco control measures have had on these figures.
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Professional Skills Training event - Jointly organised by the IFoA and the Society of Actuaries of Thailand (SOAT)
Ocean Life Insurance PCL, Meeting room 1, 24th Floor, 170/74-83 Ocean Tower 1 Building, Rachadapisek Road, Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110, Thailand We would like to thank Ocean Life Insurance PLC for sponsoring the venue30 January 2019Jointly organised by the IFoA and SOAT, this session held in Bangkok is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Life, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.
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China New Year Member Event and Thank-you Party for Volunteers (Beijing & Shanghai & Shenzhen）
Beijing Chinese address: 北京瑞吉酒店 记者俱乐部酒吧，朝阳区建国门外大街21号 English address: Press Club Bar, St Regis Hotel Beijing, No. 21 Jianguomenwai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing Shanghai Chinese address:布朗石西班牙餐厅酒吧(96广场店)，东方路796号九六广场1楼130单元 English address: Brownstone Tapas & Lounge (96 Plaza), 96 Plaza, F1, Room 130, No. 796 Dongfang Road Shenzhen Chinese address: 稻亭日本料理(购物公园店), 深圳市民田路购物公园北2楼206号 English address: Daoting Japanese Cuisine (Shopping Park), Room 206, No. 2 North Building, Shopping Park, Mintian Road, Shenzhen22 January 2019 - 25 January 2019The IFoA Beijing Office would like to invite our members in the region to join the New Year Member Event and Thank-you Party for Volunteers, to thank all our members and volunteers, to congratulate all the new qualifiers in the 2018 September exam session, and to celebrate the New Year and the Spring Festival! Food and drinks will be served. The IFoA CEO Mr Derek Cribb will also join the Beijing and Shanghai events.
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NOCA event – Valuation of Equity Release Mortgages
N/A25 January 2019Presented By: Dean Buckner, The Eumaeus Project
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KSS Event: How to be a High-Frequency Trader
KPMG Saltire Court 20 Castle Terrace Edinburgh EH1 2EG24 January 2019This talk, which is based on interviews with 78 high-frequency traders (and other relevant people, such as those who supply them with information links), will ‘open the black box’ of HFT. The speaker will examine the main internal divide within HFT: between algorithms, trading groups and firms that specialise in ‘making’ (adding bids or offers to order books that cannot be executed immediately) and those that specialise in ‘taking’ (entering orders that can be executed immediately).
