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5 Key Skills for Graduating Actuaries
25 July 2019
In this blog, Dr Mark Farrell FIA, discusses the challenges faced by today’s graduates and the skills they need to meet the rapid changes in the actuarial profession.
Pensions Board end of session report
23 July 2019
Watch this space for the Pensions Board end of session report 2018/2019.
Finance and Investment Board end of session report
23 July 2019
Watch this space for the Finance and Investment Board end of session report 2018/2019.
Climate change – shining more light on pension funds
22 July 2019
The proposal
There is a “climate emergency”[1] and it poses material financial risks that could threaten the security of members’ benefits. My contention is that significant pension funds should be obliged to publically disclose how they are managing their climate-related financial risks. They can do this by making available to the public their report and accounts, and, where not already covered by this document, disclosures showing the extent to which they have followed the recommendations of the FSB TCFD[2].
100 years of GAD
22 July 2019
In this blog, Comfort Ajoku, Trainee Actuary at the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) talks about GAD's role as it celebrates its 100th anniversary.Practice Area Boards: driving IFoA outputs
22 July 2019
In the first of a series on the IFoA’s Practice Area Boards, Grahame Stott, Chair of the IFoA’s Management Board, sets out what the work of the Boards and their sub-committees has delivered over the last year.
Other blogs in this series:
Life Board working party launched on the role of actuaries in new product delivery
19 July 2019
The Life Research Sub-committee is seeking volunteers to join a new working party on the role of actuaries in new product delivery.
The working party will examine the following questions:
Pension practice area events: save the dates
19 July 2019
From sessional details to the one day conference, the Pensions calendar is beginning to populate so now is the time to put these in your diaries. Make a note of the dates
Finance and investment practice area events: save the dates
19 July 2019
From sessional information to workshops, the Finance and Investment calendar is starting to fill up. Make a date of the notes
Banking MIG webinar
19 July 2019
The first Banking MIG webinar was held in July, attracting well over 300 hundred participants. Here you can hear them share their experiences of how they got into banking, as well as their thoughts on how actuaries can enter the banking profession. Watch the webinar
In this blog, Comfort Ajoku, Trainee Actuary at the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) talks about GAD's role as it celebrates its 100th anniversary.Pages
