Monthly Archives: May 2020
Testing to contain the second wave threat.
Introduction With a population of 52 million, only a few million less than England, South Korea (SK) has successfully managed to contain COVID-19 and suppress associated mortality down to only a few hundred deaths – less than 1% of UK … Continue reading
SJP and “passive plus” – nuancing the story
Sometimes the nuance is the story… When the FT ran the announcement from St James Place that it was moving into passive fund management , it was under the headline ‘ St James’Place to launch first passive funds. It got … Continue reading
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Protecting the public from financial fraud.
Protecting the victims of financial crime I am returning to the difficult question of financial fraud and its impact. We should not underestimate the emotional impact of fraud. This simple testimony makes this point better than I can. My message … Continue reading
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Stuart McDonald updates us on Icnarc and CV-19
Latest @ICNARC report was released last night. Here’s a summary on behalf of @ICS_updates and @COVID19actuary, with thanks to @NicolaMedical for holding virtual pen last week. Update includes 449 new patients (8,699 total); 717 new outcomes (6,860 total). Full … Continue reading
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Tagged COCID-19, Cornonavirus, ICNAC, ICNAC-25, Stuart McDonald
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Do you work in the bullshit economy?
Stefan Stern has kindly shared an opinion piece he’s written in the Guardian, which I like very much. You can read it for free here (thanks to the Guardian’s enlightened sharing policy) Five years ago, Stella and I moved back … Continue reading
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Tagged bullshit, Economy, Guardian, Sports, Stefan Stern, Work
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Will Covid unite us and make us kinder?
This little survey by the Office of National Statistics has gone unreported. But it’s worth thinking about. United? There were two Questions: How united or divided do you think Britain was before the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak?; How united or divided … Continue reading
Why the pension dashboard should accelerate.
The Pension Management Institute hosted a webinar last week featuring Chris Curry and his Dashboard Delivery team, hosted by Lesley Carline, the PMI’s president. It was a good hour with an excellent question process which led to an interactive session. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Curry, Dashboard, Pension Dashboard, pensions, PMI
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Should data be popular?
It was once so easy.. Flattening the curve was a quick and easy answer to the pandemic and was dressed up to give us comfort. So long as we survived the initial onslaught we could return to normal. So Kitty … Continue reading
C19 Actuaries weekly report – 16 May
Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual could possibly read. Collectively, the COVID19 Actuaries Response Group read more about the outbreak than most, so we’ve decided each Friday to provide you with a curated list of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, Covid-19, COVID-19 Actuaries, ONS, SARS CoV-2
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COVID-19 – your chances of infection
The Office of National Statistics are now publishing statistics that look at the numbers of us UK Citizens who “have Covid-19”. That of course means different things to different folks, watch the video at the end of this blog for … Continue reading