Prior to the early 1990s recession in Australia, many defined benefit super funds drew on the expertise of a fund actuary to enhance member outcomes. Has the time now come to reappoint fund actuaries?
In thinking about how actuaries could bolster their brand in banking, a fellow banking actuary asked an important question – Why does the banking sector need actuaries?
For many of the Actuaries Institute's younger Members, the Institute's Practice Committees can seem mysterious and far removed. To help bridge this gap, the Young Actuaries Program (YAP) Victoria recently held a Virtual Insights session to introduce our younger audiences to them.
The topic of interest rates seems like a straightforward one, but can throw up serious questions for actuaries and have large impacts on financial services businesses. The 2021 All-Actuaries Summit Plenary session ‘The lowdown – living in a long-term, low-rate world’ explored these questions in a broad-ranging panel discussion, chaired by actuarial doyen John Trowbridge.
