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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 …

LDI Strategies in Ireland – Challenges and Opportunities The Retirement Actuary of the Future working party identified that there was likely to be increasing opportunities for actuaries to provide investment advice to defined benefit schemes.  As part of …

Review of the Titanic Competition The Data Analytics competition ran by the Society of Actuaries to predict the survivors of the Titanic ended on 31/12/2015.   The top two teams (Zurich Life and Pensions and Deloitte Ireland GI) will share their …

Actuarial Risk Matrices: The Nearest Valid Matrix Problem Covariance and correlation matrices for insurance risk sources are often constructed from outputs of disparate models and manually manipulated by actuaries (often adjusted upwards to confer …

Risk Management Perspectives Conference 2016   *** ONLINE RESERVATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE EMAIL info@actuaries.ie ***   At this year’s Risk Management Perspectives Conference, speakers from diverse backgrounds will share …

Predicting health through the analysis of food-related data New, high-performance technologies have enhanced our capabilities to collect, store and analyse bigger and bigger quantities of data; and new techniques in data analytics have been developed in …

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 …

SAI Pensions Forum The SAI Pensions Forum will take place on the 14th December from 4.00pm -6.00pm.     To access podcasts please contact the Society:  info@actuaries.ie   Pensions Podcast Presentation CPD Event Wed, 14/12/2016 - 16:00 3.30pm - tea/coffee …

Recovery and Resolution Plans: emerging requirements and strategies for tackling distressed situations Recovery and Resolution Plans (RRPs) have been attracting a lot of regulatory attention of late. Globally, we have seen requirements for RRPs come into …

CP104 and the Solvency II audit, an accounting perspective The Central Bank of Ireland has finalised its requirements for the external audit of Solvency II regulatory returns / public disclosures, which were originally outlined in Consultation Paper CP …

Inflationary pressures in the Irish Private Health Insurance market The Society's Healthcare Committee has prepared a research paper on inflationary pressures in the Irish Private Health Insurance market.  This has produced some interesting findings in …