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An intern’s take on the future of the actuarial profession
If you wanted to join the actuarial profession 50 years ago, the primary criteria that you would have been required to meet would have been strong analytical and ma…
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Interest rates – increases on the horizon
It is sensible to consider the Bank of England’s own comments in relation to this, which are that when they do start to raise rates it will do so only gradually and…
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Bank of England discussion paper: Procyclicality
The full name of this paper is “Procyclicality and structural trends in investment allocation by insurance companies and pension funds: A Discussion Paper by the Ba…
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PRA Solvency II update
On 25 July 2014 the PRA released an update on Solvency II implementation. Firms have been making significant progress towards the implementation date of 1 January 2…
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Auto-enrolment success could be the ‘lifeline’ the annuity market needs
Today's Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) report shows that 8.5m people could be newly saving in a pension by 2030. Could auto-enrolment's success be just what the a…
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Restricting DB transfers – will they or won’t they?
A note about the anticipated government response to the consultation on freedom and choice in pensions.
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Government's response to consultation on reshaping workplace pensions.
It’s good to see the speed of progress being made with the Private Pensions Act, which is being presented to Parliament for the first time today. This new legislat…
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FCA Business Plan 2014/15
In this blog, we outline how the insurance sector is impacted by the FCA’s upcoming activities and look at relevant studies.
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How are DB schemes impacted by admin and other running costs?
TPR has today published the findings of research examining how DB schemes of different sizes are impacted by administration and other running costs.
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TPR publishes DB scheme expenses research and comparison tool
A note about TPR's DB scheme expenses research and comparison tool.