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  • Letter from the Chair
    Letter from the Chair My wife calls me a “pack rat” because I keep a few items from my childhood, high ... high school and college days—OK, six boxes’ worth of stuff. I find it difficult to throw things away because ...
    • Authors: Steven Finn
    • Date: Apr 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • Excel as an IT System
    published in the May 2012 edition of CompAct entitled “Spreadsheets—the Aging Friend of Actuaries.” ... We consider the reasons why IT-developed systems are considered less risky, and apply the same fundamental ...
    • Authors: Tim Heng
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Power Query
    Query This is the second article in a series relating to Microsoft’s Power BI suite of tools. By Tim ... Tim Heng This is the second article in a series relating to Microsoft’s Power BI suite of tools. In case ...
    • Authors: Tim Heng
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Business intelligence
  • Q&A with Rob Collie: Is Microsoft Excel the Next Great Business Intelligence Tool?
    Q&A with Rob Collie: Is Microsoft Excel the Next Great Business Intelligence Tool? Microsoft Excel has ... has become an essential tool for the modern worker, and each successive release has provided more efficient ...
    • Authors: Robert C. Collie
    • Date: Apr 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • Why "Simple" Doesn't Mean "Transparent" Financial Modelling
    website in April. We will look at an edited version of the blog, and dig deeper into what appears, at face ... website in April. We will look at an edited version of the blog, and dig deeper into what appears, at face ...
    • Authors: Tim Heng
    • Date: Jul 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices
  • CompAct - April 2017 Issue 55
    April 2017 Issue 55 Read the April 2017 issue of CompAct published by the Technology Section. Newsletters ... Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Apr 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • Improvement of Core Financial Processes with Data Science
    Improvement of Core Financial Processes with Data Science Interesting ways for financial reporting stakeholders ... reporting and related processes by borrowing the bag-of-words model from Natural Language Processing ...
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Letter From the Editors - CompAct Issue 55
    Letter From the Editors - CompAct Issue 55 A description of the issue's contents. Computer science ...

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    • Authors: Mark Africa, Sean Hayward
    • Date: Apr 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • Apps for Actuaries Update
    10:54:16 PM] ISSUE 39 | APRIL 2011 Table of Contents Letter From The Chair Editor's Notes Introduction ... everyone is entering the world of apps. The term apps may not be so new for members of the Technology Section ...

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    • Authors: Meg Weber
    • Date: Apr 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software