The topic today wraps a few blogs together into something that most of you won’t even think about for maybe 20 – 30 years. That is pensions [退休金]! Pensions can …
Blog 28: Mr. Hong Kong Actuary’s typical day by Xavier Lo, FIA, FRM, MBA
I recently did a presentation to aspiring actuaries in Hong Kong. They asked questions about what I did on a day-to-day basis [每日嘅工作]. So instead of theory this week, let …
Blog 27: The Cobra Effect by Xavier Lo, FIA, FRM, MBA
Recently I spoke to a friend who told me her sales department [銷售部門] employees do not get paid any commission [佣金]. This is very uncommon and the apparent reason was …
Blog 26: Opportunity Cost by Xavier Lo, FIA, FRM, MBA
Firstly, I would like to thank all of you for DMing [直接訊息] me questions. I might not be able to answer questions that are personal to you, but I always …
Blog 25: Programming as a skill by Xavier Lo FIA, CRM
As a quick follow up last week’s post, perhaps even a contradiction [矛盾] in some ways, I would like to add that coding is very important to an actuary’s skillset. …
B.COM (HONOURS) IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE FROM DSACTED – IS IT A GOOD OPTION?
Name of the course: B.COM (HONOURS) IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE FROM DSACTED College: Nagindas Khandwala College (Autonomous), Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra. This college is one of the few colleges in Mumbai that …
Blog 21: Annuites Explanation by Xavier Lo, FIA
Annuities [年金] are something which the Hong Kong government [香港政府] would like everyone to purchase. To understand why the government would want us to buy this, lets take a look …
Stages of Risk Management for Actuaries by Swati Jindal
Risk management is an integral part of the actuarial profession. So actuarial students need to understand the process of risk management. In this article, I will explain the risk management …
TAC brings new Actuarial Events, Connect and Videos, all for free!
Let’s forget about 2020, Shall we? We didn’t also wish you New Year as we were busy in our work to make TAC a better place. We are hopeful to …
Money Market
The section of financial market, where instruments that have a short term and are highly liquid are traded is called Money Market. It has generally a maturity period of less …
Which Graduation degree should I pursue with Actuarial Science?
Making the right choice for a graduation degree with Actuarial Science is vital for anyone who has just completed schooling as this is the time to embark on a journey …
TAC Learning – Dedicated Actuarial Learning platform for ALL
At The Actuarial Club, we have explored almost all the possible ways in which we can provide you a learning experience free from the deviants. Adding to that, we removed …
Multi-Variate Time Series Modelling in R
In this article, I will be talking about how to build a Multi-Variate Time Series Modelling – Vector Auto Regressive (VAR) Model in R. I will be exploring the available …
Free Udemy course on Bayesian Statistics and Credibility Theory by MJ
The short course of Bayesian Statistics and Credibility theory by MJ Actuary on Udemy is free for the next 2 days for the 28th and 29th of May. This short …
Data Types and Variable Naming in Python
Data types in Python We store data in different formats and therefore, it becomes important for us to know the type of our data. It helps us in performing different …