Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Pensions minister Steve Webb's bid to allow annuitants to sell their contracts in exchange for cash has been rejected by industry figures.

A methodology for assessing longevity basis risk developed by Hymans Robertson and Cass Business School will help bring index-based longevity swaps into the mainstream, say actuaries.

Jack Jones looks at concerns over the latest step in overhauling the retirement process.

The industry reacts

A team of employers and trade bodies is developing an actuarial technical apprenticeship standard for the industry.

Huw Evans has been announced a trustee executive at BESTtrustees.

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have outlined how actuarial regulation will be divided between the two bodies.

Jack Jones looks at the latest Pensions Bill, published last week

Natasha Browne looks at what an independent Scotland would mean for occupational pension schemes

Jack Jones looks at the final draft of the TPR’s code of practice on defined benefit regulation