The trouble with the truth is that motives can be misconstrued. However, as Churchill said, The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
In the week before Christmas, the final report of the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), led by former senior civil servant Sir John Kingman, was published.
Just over a decade ago, the world experienced the financial crisis: ultra-high levels of financial volatility and a period of sharp decline in economic growth.
We last conducted a full survey of our members in 2011, and we want you again to tell us how we can support you in your careers both now and in the future, given the changes we have seen during the intervening period.
Just over a year ago, I was invited to sit on a panel of independent experts advising the UK government on the development of the social care green paper, and as I mentioned last month, this has been a big project for me.
Coin tossing has been crucial at different points in my life: as a child, heads or tails would often decide who took the highly undesired goalkeeper position in playground football.
IFoA president Jules Constantinou talks to Gareth Groarke about his campaign to boost the visibility of the actuarial profession, Stepping out of the shadows, and how he sees it progressing during the next few years.
