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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 …

Perspectives on Cash/Liquidity Management in today’s low yield environment As part of a team managing over €300bn in cash assets, David will provide insight and perspective on the challenges facing cash investors in the current environment of low-yields, …

June 17th Breakfast Briefing on Tuition Classes for Professional Risk Manager (PRM) Exams The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) and the Institute of Banking (IoB) recently announced an Education Alliance in relation to risk …

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 …

Emerging markets – a diverging outlook While emerging market growth continue to advance in aggregate. recent oil movements and geopolitical events have highlighted the diverging paths of individual emerging market economies. Som Bhattacharya, emerging …

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 …

Broader Horizons Banking Cross-Practice Podcast Presentation CPD Event Thu, 05/11/2015 - 18:30 6.00pm - Tea/coffee 6.30pm -  Three actuaries working in non-traditional areas will describe their roles and how their organisations benefit from actuarial …

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 …

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 …

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 …