The Groupe Information

Investment and Financial Risk Committee

Terms of Reference

Members

Christoph Krischanitz (Chairman) Aktuarvereinigung Osterreichs
Françoise Gilles Institut des Actuaires en Belgique/Instituut van Actuarissen en Belgie (IA|BE)
Plamen HinkovBulgarian Actuarial Society
Steven JonesChannel Islands Actuarial Association
Andreja RadicHvratsko Aktuarsko Društvo
Marios YiannasCyprus Association of Actuaries
Vladimir KrejciČeská Společnost Aktuárů
Per Linnemann Den Danske Aktuarforening
Karin Kukk Eesti Aktuaaride Liit
Pasi LaaksonenSuomen Aktuaariyhdistys
François Bonnin Institut des Actuaires Français
Lutz Oehlenberg Deutsche Aktuarvereinigung
Niki Agoglossaki Hellenic Actuarial Society
Jozsef Szabo Magyar Aktuárius Táraság
Steinunn Gudjonsdottir Félag íslenskra tryggingastærðfræðinga
Evelyn RyderSociety of Actuaries in Ireland
Paolo De Angelis Istituto Italiano degli Attuari
Antonella Chiricosta Consiglio Nazionale degli Attuari
Elina Tilta Latvijas Aaktuãru Asociãcija
Rokas Gylys Lietuvos Aktuarijų Draugija
Thierry Flamand Association Luxembourgeoise des Actuaires
Antoon Pelsser Het Actuarieel Genootschap
Robert Meisingset Den Norske Aktuarforening
Tomasz Krylowicz Polskie Stowarzyszenie Aktuariuszy
Rita MarquesInstituto dos Actuarios Portugueses
Ana Tripsa Asocitatia Romana de Actuariat
Jelica Klúčovská Slovenská spoločnost' aktuárov
Liljan Belsak Slovensko Aktuarsko društvo
Eduardo Trigo Instituto de Actuarios Españoles
to be confirmed Col.legi d'Actuaris de Catalunya
Simon Kristoferson Svenska Aktuarieföreningen
Petra Wildemann Association Suisse des Actuaires
Şirzat Çetinkaya Actuarial Society of Turkey
Ken Forman Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Iryna YaremchukSociety of Actuaries of Ukraine
Karel Goossens (Chairman, Insurance Committee) Institut des Actuaires en Belgique/Instituut van Actuarissen en Belgie (IA|BE)
Falco Valkenburg (Chairman, Pensions Committee) Het Actuarieel Genootschap

Terms of Reference


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The Committee will consider, from the point of view of the actuarial profession, matters relating to investment and financial risk in the European Union, report to the Groupe Consultatif and make proposals on action required:

In particular the Committee will:

  1. present through the Groupe Consultatif the views of the actuarial profession in the EU on matters of concern to the profession in the fields of Investment and Financial Risk to the EU Institutions, particularly the European Commission and the European Parliament and, where appropriate, to other organizations;
  2. where appropriate, collaborate with other technical Committees of the Groupe Consultatif (Insurance and Pensions)in considering issues of joint concern, to ensure a co-ordinated approach in particular when making submissions to the Commission and other external organizations;
  3. develop position papers on investment and financial risk issues for submission to the European Commission and other interested organizations, including in particular the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS);
  4. promote and encourage the development of actuarial skills in investment and financial risk within the actuarial profession in Europe, having regard to the Groupe Consultatif's Core Syllabus for Actuarial Training in Europe, and make recommendations, wherever appropriate, to the Groupe's Education Committee on subjects related to investment and financial risk;
  5. proactively identify new opportunities and relevant areas of interest;
  6. maintain contact with the appropriate Committee(s) of the International Actuarial Association and develop and maintain contact with AFIR (the Financial Risk Section of the International Actuarial Association).

October 2006