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Exaxe announces latest appointment as part of its continued expansion

NEWS RELEASE DUBLIN, IRELAND 12/01/12 Exaxe announces latest appointment as part of its continued expansion Exaxe, the specialist IT solutions provider for the Life and Pensions industry, today announces the appointment of Collette Kelly as its new Chief Operations Officer. The move comes as the company remained on course with plans to expand the business …

Look out Ottawa…it’s behind you!

I brought the kids to the pantomime this week and was amused that the most popular moments in the show still appears to be the times when the audience are all shouting the traditional warning to the hero of the danger posed by the pantomime villain lurking in the shadows.  “He’s behind you’, the children …

A Pension Christmas Carol

The ghost of pension’s future Ebenezer Scrooge stuck his head out from under the bedclothes warily. An eerie spectre hovered in front of him. The ghost of his old friend Jacob Marley had returned. “Well, Marley” said Scrooge sitting up quickly. “I didn’t expect to see you again. You promised me a visit from three …

Actuarial Post: Spreadsheets – the Ageing Actuary’s Friend

By Mark Grall, Actuarial Analyst, Exaxe Is the Excel spreadsheet an ageing Actuary’s best friend? It appears that the life and pension industry is meandering blindly into a world of endless spreadsheets and reporting. Actuaries appear to be afraid to move away from the 2003 version of Excel despite those fears being largely unfounded. So …

Osborne refuses to bell the cat

The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement to the House of Commons today will contain the news that the pressures on the economy have caused him to order a delay in the implementation of pension auto-enrolment for smaller firms. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have been out-manoeuvred by the Treasury and will announce a series of …