Year: 2020

Principles of value attribution for Unit pricing and Crediting rates – Business as Usual and Compensation

Unit prices and crediting rates: Are you sure they are correct?

All investment products use a unit price or a crediting rate approach to share value between investors. Errors occur. The principles in this paper support discussions of unit prices and crediting rates at all levels, staff, management and Board. This can enhance both the implementation and governance of equitable sharing value changes between investors. The principles apply when reviewing current systems and remediating errors.

PFS Consulting appoints new Managing Director

PFS Consulting is pleased to announce the appointment of Adrian McGarva as its Managing Director and the move of John Newman to the role of Non-Executive Chair.

Performance Bonuses: How Does Your CEO’s Bonus Experience Compare?

The issue of CEO bonuses is a perennial favourite of the financial press. This topic will again be a focus in a few months when reporting season begins and companies declare what their CEOs were paid in these unprecedented times.

Risk Management Implications of Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Non-Executive Directors

PFS Principal Ian Laughlin is a member of a Working Group of the Actuaries Institute that has prepared this paper for the Institute’s Pandemic Resource Centre. It is aimed at assisting Non-Executive Directors, particularly in financial services, on the risk management implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PFS Consulting can help the Health and Hospital Sector with the challenges it faces

Issues of service delivery, utilisation, funding, and strategy in the health and hospital sector are always challenging, even more so now as a result of COVID-19. PFS Consulting has the expertise and experience to help address these. Contact Lynton Norris at lyntonnorris@pfsconsulting.com.au to find out more.

Are Actuaries still relevant?

This paper summarises a recent paper co-authored by Jules Gribble. It considers how continuing professional education, a core component of maintaining professional currency and relevance, needs to be reassessed and revised to address professionals evolving needs in a rapidly changing world.