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Sustainability

Talking Sustainability with Emily Forsyth-Davies

Om Jain interviews Emily Forsyth-Davies. Emily is an actuary who currently works as the Head of ESG at Aurum Research Limited, a UK subsidiary of Aurum Fund Management Ltd. (“Aurum”), a specialist investment manager focused on selecting hedge funds and building fund of hedge fund portfolios.

We talk to Emily about her unique career path, her interests in the ESG area, the challenges faced by the ESG sector and what hedge funds are doing to address these issues.

DEI

Pride Month: Providing access to an inclusive environment

As we come to the end of Pride month, Rajinder Poonian, actuarial consultant in life insurance modelling and member of the IFoA’s Diversity Action Group, has been reflecting on what we, as actuaries and within the insurance industry, can do to be more inclusive.

Regulation

Regulating the most senior actuaries: your input is needed

Edwin Sheaf, Practitioner Member of Regulatory Board, writes on why the shape of the IFoA’s Practising Certificates (PC) Scheme is something that should interest all members.

Banking
Careers

Actuarial careers insight: What does a Derivatives Risk Manager/Trader do?

Actuarial careers insight Derivatives Task Manager

Banking
Careers

Switching from working in insurance to banking

Shubham Mehta tells us about his switch from working in insurance to banking – and the opportunities he feels it offers.

Careers

Back to School with a Bang

Head of Public Affairs Henry Thompson gives an overview of the latest UK Government proposals for social care funding.

Banking
Careers

Actuarial careers in banking: Paul Walsh

Paul Walsh, the founder of Acumen Resources, an actuarial recruitment organisation, is a Fellow of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries in the UK and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.

Careers
DEI

Female actuaries: come back to your insurance career

Helena Ingram of the IFoA’s Diversity Action Group calls for women who left their careers in insurance to grasp the opportunity offered by the cross-market Inclusivity Insurance Returners Programme.

Careers
Global Markets

Actuaries from South-East Asia: Chong Wan Leng

As part of our global series, we caught up with Wan Leng Chong, based in Malaysia, to find out more about her journey to becoming an actuary.

Careers
Global Markets

Actuaries from South-East Asia: Arif Asnawi Leong

As part of our global series, we caught up with Arif Asnawi Leong, based in Negara Brunei Darussalam, to find out more about his journey to becoming an actuary.