The magazine of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries

Features

Eastern PromiseHaijing Wang discusses the opening up of Chinese capital markets, and the ways foreign investors can access them. 06 December 2018

Interview: Rosaline Chow KooRosaline Chow Koo is the founder and CEO of fintech start-up CXA Group, which recently won InsurTech of the Year at the Asia Insurance Industry Awards. Sharad Bajla and Francisco Sebastian spoke with her about her journey. 06 December 2018

An easier pill to swallowSebastian Dany and Silke Longoni explain the German Ministry of Finance's new method for calculating the Zinszusatzreserve. 06 December 2018

The road to successful finance transformationActuaries are model specialists and they consider it normal to develop the entire reporting framework themselves, but is this really an efficient way forward? 06 December 2018
Delve into the dataAndy Cox and Tom Bryant explain how data analytics is improving the internal audit process, and why it's important actuaries get to grips with it. 06 December 2018
Take the reinsCentral bank digital currencies would radically transform the way our financial systems work. Orla Ward and Ian Collier of the Cashless Society working party examine their potential. 06 December 2018
A foot in the doorAndreas Tsanakas and Laure Cabantous report on how keeping internal capital models 'ajar' can facilitate their embedding within organisations. 06 December 2018
If money were no objectHow can cryptocurrency be stolen or insured when it has no physical existence? Nick Furneaux explains. 06 December 2018
Student: the congestion questionSyed Danish Ali considers how new forms of transport could help to unclog overburdened traffic systems. 06 December 2018
Stopping the gapKate Smith highlights the gap in pension savings between women and men, and examines the reasons behind it. 08 November 2018
Cultivating crop coverDavid Dror on the new methods that are shaking up insurance in low and middle-income developing countries. 08 November 2018
Capital modelling gets agilePaul Maitland explains how an agile approach can benefit insurance risk models. 08 November 2018
Navigating uncertaintyBrian Robinson discusses why business projections are so important and looks at the challenges involved in their creation 08 November 2018