Description: First-time attendee provides impressions of his experience at the 2014 Investment Symposium. Identifies insights he gleaned from various presenters.

Description: Invitation to the 2015 Investment Symposium, to be held in Philadelphia on March 26-27, 2015. The theme of the conference is Investment Strategies for Challenging Times.

Description: The Investment Section Council is now seeking nominations for the 2015 Redington Prize recognizing the best paper written by an actuary on an investment-related topic during the last couple of years. The prize is sponsored by the Investment Section and is named after F. M. Redington, the eminent British Actuary who coined the term “immunization” in a 1952 paper that was published in the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries.

Description: A review of the book Flashboys by Michael Lewis including critique and commentary comparing the book to the rest of Lewis' work.

Description: Surveys the outlook for interest rates among Inv Symposium participants, as of Feb 29 2016.

Description: Explains the method used to calculate Liquidity Cost Score and Price Impact Score. Describes the rationale for and applications of these methods.

Description: Crossword puzzle

Description: Update on section activities.

Description: An overview of the SOA annual meeting session 154 panel discussion: the coming retirement financial crisis and how actuaries will be part of the solution.

Description: Article introducing a new department in the newsletter by the section's SOA staff partner.