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EFMA 2013 Annual Meetings The European Financial Management Association (EFMA) will hold its 22nd Annual Meeting in READING, (UNITED KINGDOM), June 26-29, 2013. Research Papers: Members and friends of the Association are invited to participate in the 2013 …

Macro Economics Update This event has been accredited by the LIA.   To access podcast please contact the Society:  info@actuaries.ie   Finance & Investment Podcast Presentation Evening Meeting Wed, 16/01/2013 - 17:00 5pm - tea/coffee 5.30pm-  meeting  …

Investment Manager Selection – a focus on alternative investment The presentation will address the importance of a robust fund selection and deselection process both for active and passive investments. It will discuss the factors to be considered in …

Common Mistakes in Variable Annuity Hedging Programs: Hedge to what? What to hedge? The speaker will discuss some common mistakes VA writers made on their hedging programs (based on an informal survey of industry practitioners and own experience). In …

Possible Unintended Consequences of Basel III and Solvency II Malcolm Kemp and Padraic O’Malley, members of the International Monitory Funds’ Working Party that produced this paper, will present it to the Society on 12th June.   The paper is now attached. …

Liability hedging in a world without risk-free assets To access podcast please contact the Society:  info@actuaries.ie   Finance & Investment Podcast Presentation Evening Meeting Wed, 14/11/2012 - 18:00 6pm - tea/coffee 6.30pm - meeting Alexander Hotel …

Hedging Variable Annuities Using a simple example of a Put Option, this paper explores such matters as the significance of Realised Volatility risk, Underlying Volatility risk and choice of hedged formula on the effectiveness of applying a hedging …

Are we living in a Big Bond Bubble? Talk 1 in the Bubble Series More and more pension investments are moving into fixed interest asset class due to desire to de-risk and regulatory pressure to match liabilities. But what value do  bonds offer at current …

Insurance Risk and Finance Research Conference 2014 Invitation to Insurance Risk and Finance Research Conference 2014 The Insurance Risk and Finance Research Centre (IRFRC) at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, …

The Irish Commercial Property Market After a tough couple of years 2013 seemed to mark a change in the fortunes of the Irish commercial property market. In this presentation, Niall Gaffney will discuss the difficult years of 2008 – 2012, the current state …