The political and economic drama that has unfolded this autumn has made the headlines most days, while the detail and immediate implications immersed many actuaries for weeks.
This session will reflect on the autumn’s market events and look to the future. It will step back from the immediate implications and instead reflect on the broader lessons for actuaries. We will also explore what the medium to long-term outlook is for pensions and actuaries working in the field.
Speakers:
Glyn Bradley
Glyn Bradley is a member of the IFOA Pensions Board, and chairs its Pensions Research Sub-Committee (PRSC), which oversees our member-led working parties. He previously chaired the Pensions Dashboards working party. Glyn is a Principal in Mercer’s Policy, Professionalism and Research team.
Emily McGuire
Emily is a Partner at Isio and has advised a wide variety of organisations on their investment arrangements for twenty five years. Emily joined Isio this year from Aon where she was on the leadership team for 12 years alongside working with clients. She has practical experience with a variety of different governance structures including in-house fund management, evolving common investment funds/structures and implementing fiduciary management
Richard Silveira
Richard is an independent actuary with ten years' experience in the financial sector across trading, banking, consultancy, asset management and insurance. He holds a PhD in Engineering from Cambridge University.
With a background in applied maths and coding, his work focuses on quantitative model development, plus the occasional Excel spreadsheet. He also offers training courses for insurance companies to help actuaries to learn to code.
Richard maintains an interest in economics and monetary policy, writing occasional articles on the topic. His most recent piece - What will the Bank of England do next? - published in the November issue of The Actuary, looks at the economic outlook for the UK and the direction that monetary policy may take.
Chair:
Harvi Rana
Harvi is a Senior Consultant at Aon and specialises in advising trustees of DB schemes on funding strategies, member support and more recently Pensions Dashboards. She uses her personable style to deliver messages and build long-lasting relationships with her clients. She chairs the IFoA Pensions Lifelong Learning Committee and is a member of the IFoA Pensions Board. She uses her roles to influence wider pensions learning and pensions policy for the profession.