Stars of the Future 2026 - Nominate Now!

Actuarial Post are delighted to open our 2026 Awards by inviting nominations for Stars Of The Future 2026. You can now nominate someone for Stars of the Future 2026, sponsored by Star Actuarial Futures. It’s vital to remember that we all started somewhere and becoming an actuary is no easy feat. We relish acknowledging the emerging talent within the actuarial market and celebrate the ones to watch with our Stars of the Future Awards. All the finalists are celebrated and highlighted with three lucky winners taking home an award

The power of compound growth

We know about it, we talk about it all the time (at least in the retirement savings world!) but because of the way our brains are wired and the mental gymnastics required to really get our head around the power of compounding, the reality (cliched or not) is that we persistently undervalue its true potential. Our brains are hard wired to think in linear terms and therefore the exponential growth available with compounding does not naturally compute for us. We assume saving more later roughly compensates for saving less earlier.

It’s the I of the RR

There are a lot of ways IRRs can be manipulated – for instance by using subscription lines – and its important investors know about these. It’s important to look under the hood of any returns before being overly impressed by a high IRR. But suppose you do all that, and you have a manager who called capital early and got invested well, the IRR reflects the returns you earned, so surely it must be telling you what you earned? Well, maybe. But maybe not, as it still has several issues. For example, if there’s any bias to selling winners early, the IRR will look higher than any returns.

Six months on: the investment outlook revisited

 

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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