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The SAI has provided a response to the Department of Finance on its recent consultation paper for a review of the Standard Fund Threshold regime in the Irish pensions landscape.

The Society has issued a press release highlighting that a sharp decline in female performance at the highest level in Leaving Certificate Higher Level Mathematics since 2012 is likely to create a gender imbalance in STEM careers and in female access to high-points third level courses generally.  This is according to a report prepared by the Society's Gender Pipeline Working Group.

The Society of Actuaries in Ireland has issued a press release following a presentation at the SAI's Annual Convention from the Chair of the Pensions Council, Roma Burke, which calls for tax and legislation changes to promote gender equality in Private Pensions Coverage.

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We are delighted to announce that Colm Fagan, a Past President of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland, is a co-winner of the inaugural Frank Redington Prizes, awarded by the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA). 

Frank Redington (1906 – 1984) is widely recognised as a great thinker who brought forward prolific new ideas, and one of the most influential actuaries of all time. 

The SAI's Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee organised a pilot Transition Year Work Experience program (the “SAI TY program”) with the aim of introducing the actuarial profession to students from diverse backgrounds. The aim of the program was to reach students who would not normally have access to this type of experience. 

The SAI TY program is an interactive 4-day program for transition year students run by Susan HayesCulleton of The Positive Economist and Savvy Teen Academy, in collaboration with volunteers from the D&I Committee and sponsoring employers.

The Society of Actuaries in Ireland has expressed concerns about the regulation of pension schemes.

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SAI submission in relation to https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/98d7f-report-of-the-interdepartmental-pensions-reform-and-taxation-group/

The Society has made a submission to the Pensions Authority consultation on fees.  The Society submission is here

The Society has made a submitted views to the Pensions Council  on the gender gap in supplementary pensions. The Society submission is here.

Investment Approaches to AE : Submission to the Department of Social Protection

The Pensions Commission was established by the Government in November 2020 to consider issues around the State Pension which had been included in the Programme for Government, with the objective of reporting to the Minister for Social Protection by 30 June 2021.

A New Approach to Auto-Enrolment

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