Always Believing you are Gold

Amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, Bitcoin has received a less traction. This is despite a fall over the last 6 months of nearly 50%. I’m a huge believer in diversification, and I’m an advocate of having exposure to pretty much every asset class, so long as it’s both appropriately sized and risk managed. A 0.5% allocation to Bitcoin is no bad thing, for instance. However it’s worth understanding what different investments both are and aren’t. One of the big arguments for Bitcoin is as a store of digital gold.

Asset-backed securities: a growing opportunity for investors

From early 2027, the European Union’s (EU’s) Solvency II reforms will significantly improve the capital treatment of asset-backed securities (ABS). Solvency UK reforms are expected to follow. For European insurers, this marks a major shift: an asset class that historically carried punitive capital charges will soon become far more attractive, opening the door to enhanced portfolio diversification.

Why pensions still go missing in divorce settlements

For specialist divorce lawyers, the importance of properly addressing pension assets is now widely understood. Whilst efforts have been made to raise awareness of the significance of pensions on divorce among the general public (such as Advice Now’s “Survival Guide to Pension on Divorce”), the latest data suggest that pension assets continue to be frequently overlooked on divorce. The significance, and sometimes even existence, of pension assets is often not appreciated.

Pensions Perspectives: The game changed: Think. Act. Invest

 

Lifestyle Actuary

Dalriada Trustees Limited (Dalriada), one of the largest providers of professional trustee services to pensions schemes in the UK, has today announced the appointment of Sarah Brough as a professional trustee.

Lights Camera Actuary

For the next few months Zoe Bolton will be talking to the senior actuaries in these firms, getting a brief insight into their career paths and visions for the future. This month Zoe interviews Shil Patel the UK Managing Director at Dynamo Analytics

Travelling Actuary

This month's Travelling Actuary takes us to the iconic Boston to experience New England at it’s very best.

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