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Banking pre-Fellowship pathway update

Open-access content Wednesday 3rd November 2021

As part of our commitment to help you rise to the challenges of our new world, we are working with the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA) and our banking community to support a new IFoA Fellowship pathway in banking.

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From 2022, if you successfully complete the new ASSA online banking modules, you will be exempt from our equivalent-level examinations.

To support you on your qualification journey, ASSA is working to make full tuition materials and information on how to register for the May 2022 examinations available from early November. You can find the ASSA syllabi at bit.ly/Banking_LL

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This article appeared in our November 2021 issue of The Actuary .
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