Despite the importance of assumption management, many organisations still struggle to find a robust yet flexible solution to the problem and lack an effective assumption management framework.
The Potential of GPU-Based Financial Modelling
For years, there has been discussion about the use of graphics processing units (GPUs) to enhance the performance of financial models. Can GPUs represent a significant leap forward in the performance of financial models, or do the challenges and overheads outweigh the benefits?
Best Practice Techniques for Scaling Your Models
The demanding regulatory environment increasingly places challenging stipulations around the number of model runs required and the timeframe in which results are to be produced. Combined with the ever-increasing volume of data that most insurers wish to process this can drive the need for a scalable model solution.
5 Minutes With… Cornelius Franken
Software Alliance’s Su Berry spends 5 minutes with Cornelius Franken of CJF Consulting to discuss his experience with Mo.net and the benefits it has brought to his actuarial modelling processes.
Why Do Actuarial Modernisation Projects Fail to Deliver Their Expected Benefits?
Despite the insurance industry’s historically slow adaptation to change, recent years have witnessed numerous efforts to modernise the actuarial function. Several of these initiatives have gained significant traction. However, many still fail to deliver on their anticipated benefits…
Overriding Task Inputs from Python
As part of Mo.net 7.6, we have extended the external interface to compiled Mo.net tasks so that it now accepts a Python list. This update allows a new array of inputs to be passed from Python to the compiled Mo.net task DLL without having to create an intermediate inputs file.
The Actuarial Value Chain is Broken – Here’s How to Fix it
In today’s complex and uncertain world actuaries are spending less and less time focused on the tasks they were hired to do. So, how did we get here and how do we fix it?
An Interview with Stephen Curle
We sat down with Software Alliance’s founder Stephen Curle to learn about the company’s highs and lows in the early days, and his thoughts on the future of financial modelling.
Modelling as a Query
One thing that I’m frequently asked is how client models can be better integrated with database or data warehouse environments. This article explores what else might be possible with Mo.net…
Ingenuity or Ignorance – The Redundant Features of Excel in the Real World
Are actuaries and other “power users” of Excel using their ingenuity to solve solutions with a relatively limited set of functions… or are they ignorant of other functions that may be better suited to the particular use case?