The full-time actuary
Have you completed your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) return? If not, then you have until the end of June to submit your declaration and online CPD record.
Have you or your employer provided feedback in response to the Board for Actuarial Standard’s consultations on generic reporting and the structure of the new standards and adopted Guidance Notes? If not, the deadline for responses is 18 July.
Are you familiar with the Actuarial Profession’s new website and can you navigate around it with ease? Have you read the joint report of councils and will you be attending the Institute AGM at Staple Inn on 30 June or did you attend the OGM of the Faculty on 23 June?
By the time you read this, the Faculty consultation survey and the Institute in-principle vote on whether the Faculty and Institute should merge will have been launched. Are you up to speed on the arguments for and against a merger? If not, are you planning to put some time aside to research the key issues before completing the survey or registering your vote?
The demands put on actuaries today are great and it is often difficult to justify setting aside time to do what the Actuarial Profession expects of us. In this time of great activity, these demands could be seen as a small cost compared to the benefits associated with being able to practise as an actuary.
What do you think? Your views can be e-mailed to me at editor@the-actuary.org.uk — if you can find the time.
Margaret de Valois
Editor
editor@the-actuary.org.uk
