5. Universal Ownership

Season 1, Episode 14,   Mar 04, 2021, 04:33 PM

In this series we explore the Sustainable Development Goals and the role that actuaries can play in achieving the 2030 agenda.

In this episode sustainability board member Lucy Saye speaks to Dr Ellen Quigley from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University on the topic of Universal Ownership. We explore the relevance of Universal Ownership to actuarial practice and the achievement of the SDG’s, covering topics such as climate change, inequality, the Covid 19 pandemic and actions Universal Owners such as pension funds and Life insurers can take to mitigate systemic risks.

More information about Universal Ownership can be found in the following papers: 
 
Universal Ownership in the Anthropocene: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3457205

Universal Ownership in the Age of Covid-19: Social Norms, Feedback Loops, and the Double Hermeneutic https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3612928