Research working parties

The Pensions Research subcommittee has oversight of all the working parties listed below and encourages them to undertake research that can be shared with Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) members via sessional papers, articles in The Actuary or the British Actuarial Journal (BAJ), and presentations at conferences and workshops.

The current Pensions Research working parties are:

• Connecting Pensions to Savings and Insurance Products
• Dynamic Discount  Rates
• Future Pensions Landscape - Pensions Dashboard
• Pensions Scheme Funding and employer dividends 
• Pensions CDC and collective Benefit Schemes 
• Pensions Commutation Rate
• Decumulation Pathways Post Pensions Freedoms
• Personal Financial Planning

If you have your own ideas for member-led research you would like to pursue, please refer to our Guidance for Research Working Parties or contact the Communities team.

All members are encouraged to volunteer for a research working party.

Members interested in volunteering for a research working party should check Volunteer vacancies for current and new working parties.

The IFoA is also actively involved in commissioning strategic and external research relating to General Insurance.

Information on research undertaken by universities and other external agencies which receive funding and/or support from the IFoA, as well as the IFoA’s strategy for involvement, the process for calls for research, current research initiatives, and funding, can be found in Research and Knowledge.