Interviews

The new IFoA president Jules Constantinou discusses the opportunities, threats and potential areas of development for the actuarial profession with Francisco Sebastian

Michael Green talks to Gemma Gregson about the Social Progress Index, explaining how it can benefit society and monitor progress against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

IFoA Regulation Board chairman Desmond Hudson and the IFoA's general counsel, Ben Kemp, talk to Chris Seekings about the profession’s evolving regulatory landscape

Mark Azzopardi talks with Stephen Hyams about how asset managers advise insurance companies in a rapidly changing world

Mark Azzopardi, managing director and head of insurance client strategy at BlackRock, has had a varied career in investments, pension consulting, general insurance and banking.

Anthony Painter talks to David Boland about universal basic income and how, given a sense of freedom and security, people can take decisions that are right for their lives

David Braun, managing director and fixed income investment manager at PIMCO, is an actuary with a strong background in insurance and risk, experience which he says is invaluable when running investment portfolios for insurance companies.

Sarah Winckless talks with Stephen Hyams about Project AMP, the newly launched mentoring programme for aspiring female actuaries which helps to support their career paths

Ann Pettifor, a leading analyst and media commentator on the global financial markets, talks to David Boland about the nature of money and the money in nature

Michael Sanders talks data science with actuary Peter Tompkins and explains how behavioural insights can be used to make people do things differently