Pensions actuaries advise trustees and companies on the management of their pension schemes.
Pensions actuaries work with other specialists, such as pensions lawyers and administrators, to help different pension schemes meet the needs of trustees, employers, and scheme members. Pension schemes are affected by the investment market and changing legislation and regulation. Actuaries provide specialist advice on:
Explore all the IFoA’s active pension research working parties.
The Pensions Board is a senior, member-led committee of volunteer actuaries. It advises the IFoA on important pensions issues and is a source of expertise within the profession on matters relating to the pensions practice area. It supports and promotes the interests of practice area members in accordance with the profession’s strategic objectives.
The board operates within a terms of reference and supports the IFoA’s Council in the delivery of our strategy.
Further information for volunteers, including tips on how to chair a meeting, can be found in our Volunteer Information Pack.
Membership for the Pensions Board is drawn from a broad cross-section of the pensions community to ensure full coverage of all pensions-related issues. Its current members are:
The Pensions Board is supported by the:
The Pensions Lifelong Learning Sub-committee develops and builds the pensions CPD programme and manages forward event planning. It also works with the Education Board on developments in the practice area that impact on the examinations syllabus and education needs of members.
The sub-committee’s key objectives are to:
The third objective includes regular reviews of the syllabus and core reading in accordance with the annual timetable, and writing and maintaining core reading material as required.
Membership is drawn from a broad cross-section of the pensions community.
The sub-committee operates within a terms of reference (38.8 KB PDF). It supports the IFoA’s Council in the delivery of its corporate strategy.
The Pensions Consultations Sub-committee helps to ensure that regulation relating to pensions is current and that appropriate guidance is available to members.
The sub-committee:
Membership is drawn from a spectrum of senior actuaries with experience in addressing policy issues, and in maintaining standards.
The sub-committee operates within a terms of reference (187 KB PDF). It supports the IFoA’s Council in the delivery of its corporate strategy.
The Pensions Research Sub-committee identifies, promotes, and fosters research opportunities in the pensions practice area.
The sub-committee’s key objective is to explore new areas of research to enhance pensions actuarial knowledge. That includes taking into consideration potential cross-practice opportunities and working with fellow committees to provide outputs from research to enhance membership knowledge.
The sub-committee oversees all research in the practice area. See the current pensions research working parties.
Membership is drawn from a broad cross-section of the pensions community to ensure full coverage of all research-related issues.
The sub-committee operates within a terms of reference (202 KB PDF). It supports the IFoA’s Council in the delivery of its corporate strategy.
For more information about any of our practice areas, please email the Communities Engagement Team
