Description: Illustrates, and therefore discourages the use of, bad Microsoft Excel formulas.

Description: Part of this article is a request for good and bad spreadsheet models in order to build up a repository. The other part of this article deals with some of the worst formulas found within Excel spreadsheet.

Description: Chairperson's Corner

Description: This article explains why distributed computing systems have grown in popularity as well as the benefits and drawbacks of implementing them.

Description: The article explains what considerations one must contemplate when selecting a new actuarial software platform with some real live experiences.

Description: This article describes how to model variable annuities using a GPU along with some of the stumbling blocks.

Description: The purpose of the article is to highlight how a person or organization can excel in both a highly-competitive expert-driven environment and one where the environment is less so. One should focus on what can be done well and delegate the remaining tasks to those who are better at performing them. One should understand the environment they are operating in, how it impacts them, and how it may change through time. The principles have application to investment management, investment performance, organizational performance, business development, career progression and economics.

Description: This is the Executive Summary of the results of a study, sponsored by the Society of Actuaries and the Actuarial Foundation, which assesses the extent to which retirement planning software programs help users understand post-retirement risks.