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A half a century of Economics and Economic Policy in Ireland Professor John Fitzgerald will share his personal insight with attendees as he looks back on almost 50 years of economic forecasting. His presentation will explore the lessons learnt, how the …

A Benchmark Approach to Investing, Pricing and Hedging Your attention is drawn to a Seminar on “A Benchmark Approach to Investing, Pricing and Hedging” which is being organised in Vienna on 29-30 April through the Austrian association.  Details are …

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, …

1st EAA Risk Management Summit Over the last couple of years, Enterprise Risk Management has become more and more important to financial and insurance institutions. With the start of Solvency II a lot of different and important tasks will be bundled in …

Practising Certificates for Head of Actuarial Function & Reviewing Actuary for 2016 Council has issued, for consultation, proposals regarding practising certificates for the roles of Head of Actuarial Function and Reviewing Actuary under Solvency II.  The …

The World of Investments - An Alternative View This event has been organised by the Society's Finance & Investment Committee and is open both to those who work in financial markets and others who are impacted by these markets (i.e. all members). The event …

Target-Risk Equity Funds Target-Risk Equity Funds have significant applications in: (i) the investment and risk management of DB and DC pension plans; (ii) reducing the volatility of multi-asset portfolios; (iii) managing the market risk of equity …

Investment challenges in the European Insurance sector Standard Life Investments recently commissioned an Insurance survey to examine the current challenges within the European insurance sector from an investment management perspective and bringing in …

A Review of Retirement Income choices available from Irish DC pensions Earlier this year, a Working Party was set up to consider ARFs, AMRFs and annuities in more detail. The scope of the work was to review and draft a discussion paper setting out …

Alternative beta – combining smart beta and diversity Smart beta / alternative index weighting approaches have become increasingly popular in traditional asset classes, in particular equities. The principle of better investment mandate design can also be …

Directors Interest Group meeting This event is open to Fellows or Associates who are currently, or in the recent past have been, Executive or Non-Executive Directors of financial institutions, and to actuaries who aspire to become INEDs in financial …

Defined Contribution Investing - An International Perspective As pension provision is increasingly being provided on a DC basis, trustees and plan sponsors are finding that determining and implementing the appropriate investment strategy that fits well …