Dr Geraldine Kaye presents a workshop on “The Future of the Pensions Actuary” at the 2009 pensions conference in Leeds.
She discusses the effects of increasing longevity, the spiralling costs associated with an ageing population and how this will affect the pensions industry. A lively feedback session raises some intriguing possibilities which merit further investigation.
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GAAPS Actuarial would like to wish the best of luck to all actuarial students who are waiting for the results of the CT exams next week.
Results will be released on The Actuarial Profession website on the 3rd of July.
Register for actuarial jobs at www.gaaps.com.
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Tagged actuarial, actuarial exams, Actuaries, Actuary, Careers, CT, CT exams, exam results, Good Luck, results, The Actuarial Profession
The GIRO conference is the premier opportunity each year for general insurance actuaries to catch-up, exchange ideas and reinforce the links that already exist within the general insurance actuarial community.
For the first time this year’s GIRO conference will be held in Edinburgh. Another first will be the workshop run by Chaim Coutts of GAAPS. Never before has the Institute invited a talent manager / recruiter to present a session at an actuarial conference.
Chaim will discuss talent management within the actuarial sector, how the down-turn affects the actuarial sector as a whole and the positive spin of talent management within a recession.
Download the conference brochure here
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Chaim Coutts attended the 34th annual conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in Tel Aviv as a guest of the British Embassy. Discussions centred around the current economic climate as financial and securities commissioners were brought together on a global scale for a very successful event.
Prof. Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel and past chairman of the IMF was prominent throughout the conference. Lord Turner, Chairman of the FSA, presented the opening remarks on the final day. He discussed responding to the economic crisis and priorities for the reform of global regulation and Ms Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission spoke by video link from the White House, citing her need to be in Washington to consult with President Obama as a ‘justifiable excuse’ for not attending the conference in person.
A highlight of the conference was a speech by Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, against the backdrop of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. He spoke powerfully about having optimism in the current climate or, in his words “The world is changing: We are changing. … I don’t understand why people are pessimistic … when there is so much room for optimism.”
On that positive note we look forward to a successful year and to next year’s IOSCO conference in Montreal.
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