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COVID-19 actuaries bulletin (as the second wave hits)
The Friday Report – Issue 22 … Continue reading
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“Are we experiencing a second wave?” – asks Stuart McDonald
By Stuart McDonald for … Continue reading
Wine, lizards and the hazards of the mute button – Covid-19 actuaries Friday report
The Friday Report – Issue 21 By Nicola Oliver, Matthew Fletcher and John Roberts COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID‑19 Actuaries Response … Continue reading
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Covid-19 actuaries give us their monthly medical update
There is emerging evidence that those who have previously been confirmed positive for COVD-19 may not develop a sustained antibody response and are susceptible to reinfection. Continue reading
Friday report from the COVID-19 actuaries: – includes “surviving quarantine”
The Friday Report – Issue 19 By Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver and John Roberts COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID‑19 Actuaries Response … Continue reading
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What MaPS can learn from Australia’s MoneySmart Retirement Planner
The Australian Government has built what it calls the MoneySmart Retirement Planner which is a dashboard tool. You plug in your savings in “Super” and tell the planner a little about yourself (and your partner) and within five minutes you … Continue reading
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93% of advisers put two fingers up to TPR’s Fast Track funding proposals
The UK #pensions sector has undertaken a temperature check on major changes to a funding code, governing DB schemes, proposed by the Regulator. The result was a cool response to proposals for a new “twin track” approach to scheme valuations. … Continue reading
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Will the next pension strip-off be unisex?
In a blog posted yesterday, Con Keating and Iain Clacher lamented the decline in the fortunes of DB pensions pointing to a series of political and regulatory interventions that hastened rather than prevented the catastrophic decline in good quality occupational … Continue reading
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South African mortality from COVID-19
Introduction In this bulletin we review death reporting for COVID-19 in South Africa, with some comparison to the United Kingdom and other global regions. South Africa reported deaths are shown together with comparisons of Case Fatality Rates (CFRs) that may … Continue reading
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WAITING FOR THE VACCINE. C-19 actuaries new monthly medical update
Given the pace of change with ‘all things COVID’, it can be hard – even for those who follow all the updates – to know what the overall state of play is regarding medical developments in particular, as opposed to … Continue reading
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