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Actuaries' contributions to financial economics

Shane Whelan tries to explain why actuaries failed to capitalise on their century-old head start in the field of financial economics.
Friday 21st September 2012
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Banking: Invest in me, I'm an actuary!

Chris Cannon talks to Graham Jung of Goldman Sachs about the opportunities available to actuaries considering a move into the investment industry
Friday 21st September 2012
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Biodiversity nature's insurance policy

Jill Green outlines the importance of conserving biodiversity and how actuaries could play a part.
Friday 21st September 2012
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Discount rates: Fighting for supremacy

What is SONIA, and why are banks using it instead of LIBOR to calculate collateral? Michael DeWeirdt and Andrew Smith investigate
Friday 21st September 2012
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Who was Captain John Graunt?

Margaret de Valois Lowe gives us a clue
Friday 21st September 2012
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Risk quantification techniques

Mark Chaplin examines some of the effective risk-management options available to companies and regulators worldwide.
Friday 21st September 2012
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Reinsurance: A brief history

David Holland explores the evolution of reinsurance from its maritime origins to the present day
Friday 21st September 2012
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Funding the Chatham Chest

Chris Lewin highlights the roles that the Royal Navy and a Kentish town played in the history of occupational pension schemes.
Friday 21st September 2012
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Calculating women 2

Katrina Malone continues her account of the history of the first women actuaries.
Friday 21st September 2012
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People moves

People moves
Friday 21st September 2012
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