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The Actuarial Association of Europe represents actuarial associations across Europe.  It currently has 36 member associations in 35 European countries, representing over 22,000 actuaries. 

AAE publications on topics relating to insurance, pensions and investment and financial risk can be accessed here.

Recent publications include:

Today, the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D. launched The Pensions Board Annual Report and Accounts 2012. At the launch, The Pensions Board highlighted its ongoing investigations into pensions contributions deducted by employers but not passed on to pension schemes, as well as the challenges for defined benefit schemes and concerns about the governance of Ireland’s €70 billion pensions sector.

In its report on "Design and Delivery of Defined Contribution (DC) Pension Schemes - Policy Challenges and Recommendations", the OECD summarises the challenges policymakers face and recommends key improvements that can help to ensure DC delivers the incomes that individuals need.

The Society of Actuaries in Ireland  provided a research grant last year to Colm Fitzgerald, a Fellow of the Society, to enable him to collate an extensive economic, investment and financial dataset, for use by actuaries and other interested persons and bodies.  Approximately 300 years of equity and bond/interest rate data, along with approximately 900 years of inflation and earnings inflation data,