Event programme

Actuarial Profession update

Speaker: Ronnie Bowie, The Actuarial Profession  

CPD/actuaries code update

Speaker: Roger Dix, Professionalism Awareness Committee
       

Stress testing: why we need it and what we can do with it

Stress testing has so far been half-heartedly endorsed by the financial community. What is needed to turn it into a practical tool for managing financial risk? How can it improve decision making? How can it complement the more traditional statistical methods such as VaR?
 

Speaker: Riccardo Rebonato, RBS

Impact of behavioural finance on investment

This talk looks at recent developments in behavioural finance; the practical implications for investment work, and what can actually be done about it.  It will focus on the behaviour of experts and how to better interpret information, using examples.

Speaker: Colin McLean, SVM