Investment

Dhiran Dookhi explores techniques for assessing climate change risks associated with asset portfolios and liabilities

Travis Elsum assesses the financial consequences of biodiversity loss

Four actuaries working in insurance, regulation and consulting discuss how and why actuaries must act on climate change

Louise Pryor and Nick Spencer discuss the IFoA’s recent progress on climate-related risk and their work as co-chairs of the Climate-Related Risk Taskforce

Major US insurance companies still have nearly $90bn (£64bn) invested in coal, which is the single biggest contributor to anthropogenic climate change.

Companies worth a total of $856bn (£619bn) in the heavy industry sectors are failing to align their CO2 emissions with the Paris Agreement, analysis by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has found.

Insurance technology companies attracted a record $7.1bn (£5.15bn) of investment across 377 deals last year, analysis by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has revealed.

Matt Roberts-Sklar and Sheila Torrance explain why there is increased attention on liquidity risk from margin calls

Iain Allan talks to Chris Seekings and Mahidhara Davangere about his unconventional career path, and the exciting opportunities awaiting actuaries in the banking world

New research reveals the need for improved pension trustee decision making, says Peter Ayton