Careers

After a successful pilot early last year, the IFoA’s Buddy System launched in November 2018. Dawn McIntosh describes how the scheme, which is based on members volunteering to provide support free of charge, has progressed so far

Lord Paul Myners talks with Stephen Hyams about the economic outlook, Brexit, fintech, short-termism in investments and pension matters

I recently attended the IFoAs event The Actuary as a Data Scientist, which gave an interesting window on the profession’s future.

The trouble with the truth is that motives can be misconstrued. However, as Churchill said, “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”

Sir Michael Atiyah, the mathematician, former President of the Royal Society and Honorary Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, died in January at the age of 89.

At the end of 2018, The Actuary published its biannual readership survey.