Investments of funds are becoming a considerable resource for building viable and sustainable social protection systems. This can be drawn from the International Social Security Association’s (ISSA) technical seminar recently held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) has contributed to a new report on actuarial considerations related to climate risks and social security, a topic of increasing importance.
The 21st ISSA International Conference of Social Security Actuaries, Statisticians and Investment Specialists (ACT 2023) addressed how to ensure sustainable and adequate social security in a world marked by increased risk and volatility.
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) and the International Actuarial Association (IAA) have renewed their cooperation agreement in a ceremony during the 21st ISSA International Conference of Social Security Actuaries, Statisticians and Investment Specialists (ACT 2023).
The Technical Commission on Investment of Social Security Funds (TC INVEST) is working on a case study on one of the four priority topics of the ISSA for the 2020-2022 triennium, namely, “Meeting the evolving needs of an ageing population”. It has also brought focus on the impact of the green
During the 2020–2022 triennium, the Technical Commission on Statistical, Actuarial and Financial Studies (TC ACT) has contributed to new and revised ISSA Guidelines, important events, and strengthening actuarial knowledge and tools linked to projects on long-term care and pensions.
The first virtual 20th ISSA International Conference of Social Security Actuaries, Statisticians and Investment Specialists (ACT 2022), attracted great interest from members of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) around the world.
Ehsan Rajabi Dehaghi shares his experiences from the ISSA e-learning course on Actuarial Work for Social Security, organized by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO) in 2021.
Originally aimed at safeguarding the value of financial assets and ensuring the financial viability and long-term sustainability of pension schemes, investing social security reserve funds has surged to become a core business process in social security administration. At the onset, investment decisions were informed essentially by the investors’ quest for capital and guided by the fundamental principles of safety, liquidity and yields with a predominant focus on financial instruments and/or financial markets (Cichon et al. 2004).
The ISSA Academy Workshop on Actuarial Work took place from 14 to 16 August 2019 at the Center for Studies of the Social Insurance Bank (BPS) of Uruguay. The workshop was based on the ISSA-ILO Guidelines on Actuarial Work for Social Security, which provide guidance to actuaries, trained social
The International Day of Older Persons is celebrated on 1 October. For the social security of older persons, a key issue relates to the sustainability and adequacy of old-age pension programmes.
The ISSA has released the Social Security Reserve Fund Monitor 2016 report, produced in collaboration with CEM Benchmarking. As for previous editions, the report covers the performance of reserve funds from all four ISSA regions. Strengthening the acquired knowledge base developed from the former
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