Actuarial Society of South Africa Sessional Meetings and Podcasts

Sessional Meetings and Podcasts

This channel contains recordings from sessional meetings as well as podcasts and other audio material of value to actuaries and actuarial students in South Africa.
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76 Episodes
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Short Term Insurance Sessional Meeting

This channel contains recordings from sessional meetings as well as podcasts and other audio material of value to actuaries and actuarial students in South Africa.
10 Nov 2016 33 min

Preparing for the Exam Rock : Dave Strugnell

So how does one cope with this? How does one structure a sensible approach to the remaining exams? How does one make sure those hours spent studying really count in the end? At the request of the ASSA Academy, Dave Strugnell will address these questions, and some recent qualifiers will…
30 Aug 2016 1 hr 18 min

Converting a DC pension pot into a retirement income stream: Dr David Knox

Traditionally DB schemes provided pensions (sometimes indexed) and retirees had little to worry about, provided the scheme was well funded or the employer was able to maintain long term support. However, as pension scheme design is now changing around the world with the growth of DC arrangements, many retirees face…
20 Jul 2016 1 hr 08 min

The Life Assurance Committee - Francesco Nagari

The Life Assurance Committee: Sessional meeting where Francesco Nagari provides an update on the IASB Staff’s progress in drafting of the new standard (likely to be named IFRS17) and the likely next steps and timing from here. He also talks about some of the more recent conceptual developments since the…
23 Jun 2016 1 hr 08 min

The Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2015 (“TLAB 2015”)

The Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2015 (“TLAB 2015”) was passed by the National Assembly on the 27 November 2015 and then later passed by the National Council of Provinces on 1 December 2015. The TLAB 2015 has been proclaimed in the Government Gazette on 8 January 2016 and is now…
28 Jan 2016 1 hr 22 min

Data Science / Business Intelligence Sessional Meeting: Part 2

The Wider Fields Practice Area is intended to cover new and emerging fields of practice where actuaries through their particular skill-set and/or experience could play a leading role. The Wider Fields Practice Area Committee seeks to both recognize and promote awareness of the existence of such practice areas among members…
9 Nov 2015 22 min

Nicola Comninos (Head: Equities, Equity Derivatives & BI JSE)

Investment Seminar: Nicola Comninos, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), heads up Equities, Equity Derivatives and Business Intelligence at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). She is currently responsible for Equities and Equity Derivatives product management, market and product innovation, client partnerships and new business origination as well as the JSE Business Intelligence…
27 May 2015 42 min

Tom Plaistowe (Senior Executive: Infrastructure and Development Assets OMIG)

Investment Seminar: Tom is currently responsible for the appraisal, analysis, and portfolio management of infrastructure and development assets for the Old Mutual Group. He is Chairman of the African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a company jointly owned by Old Mutual Investment Group and Macquarie Bank, which manages a range of…
27 May 2015 42 min

Brandon Horwitz (IFoA Finance & Investment Board Chairman)

Investment Seminar: Brandon is a qualified actuary with over 14 years' experience in financial services including: retail financial advice/wealth management; investment product development; regulation; institutional investment consulting; investment banking and asset management. Brandon currently works at HSBC Bank Plc as Head of Financial Planning where his team is responsible for…
27 May 2015 1 hr 02 min

Henk Langenhoven (Chief economist SEIFSA)

Investment Seminar: Henk Langenhoven joined SEIFSA in October 2011 as Chief Economist. He has previously worked as the Executive Director of the South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, as Economist at the same organisation, as a Lecturer in Economics at Stellenbosch University and as an Economist in the Office…
27 May 2015 45 min

Andrew C. Canter (CIO of Futuregrowth)

Investment Seminar: Andrew Canter has been with Futuregrowth Asset Management, the fixed interest boutique of OMIGSA, since 1998. He is a Director and Chief Investment Officer of Futuregrowth, and is Chairman of the Credit Committee and Investment Committee. Andrew was a founding Board member of CFA South Africa, and he…
27 May 2015 41 min

Mr. François Groepe (Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank)

Investment Seminar: Franscois Groepe was first appointed by the President of the South Africa to Board of the South African Reserve Bank (‘SARB’) in July 2004 as a Non-Executive Director and joined the Executive of the SARB as Deputy Governor in January 2012. He serves as chairman of both the…
27 May 2015 47 min

Medical scheme investments

Health CPD Seminar: Medical scheme investments - why adopt conservative approach? Presented by Roshan Bhana who holds a Bachelor of Economic Science degree from the University of Witwatersrand and is a fellow of both the Institute of Actuarial Society of South Africa since January 2007. He is currently the Head…
7 May 2015 26 min

Measuring in-hospital claim volatility for more accurate claim forecasting

Health CPD Seminar: Measuring in-hospital claim volatility for more accurate claim forecasting. The presentation considers the concept of risk pools and risk pooling that goes to the heart of the business of a medical scheme. Risk pool arguments have been used in the past by the regular to limit medical…
7 May 2015 34 min
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