Put your money where your mask is
Countries around the world have reacted to COVID-19 in a variety of ways from lockdowns and curfews. This blog looks at how COVID-19 has had an impact on investment.
Analysis
Resource accounting for public service pension schemes
Teams in GAD have just finished producing resource accounts for more than 20 public service pension schemes. We work with finance contacts at pension schemes, administrators and employing authorities across public service pension schemes across the UK.
COVID-19 and pension investment strategies
Posted by:
Matthew Jenner - Junior Trainee Actuary, Posted on:
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Categories:
Actuary, Analysis, Coronavirus, Investment
COVID-19 has given the financial sector a lot to think about including pension funds and their investment strategies, we look at how these have been impacted.
Inverted yield curves - what do they mean?
Posted by:
Hamza Shah - Junior Trainee Actuary, Posted on:
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Categories:
Actuary, Analysis, Investment
Have you ever looked at the yield curves from our market insights and wondered what they tell you? This blog explores what they might be telling you if the yield curve is 'inverted'.
Digital finance
In this final blog in the series on Digital Finance, we explore both the opportunities and the challenges that may be experienced. We also explore the possible direction of digital finance in the future.
Blockchain technology
In this latest blog, we find out how blockchain technology helps us with everyday transactions. The technology shows that money does not have any intrinsic value of its own – it is the trust that people have for the authority issuing the money that creates its value.
Neobanks - making technological waves
The growing popularity of neobanks can offer a new style of banking but may also lead to challenges for institutional investors, such as pension scheme trustees who may need to assess exposure to any risk levels.
Changing demographics - an ageing society
A look at the role of our actuaries in assessing the impact of changing demographics, longevity forecasts and mortality insights.
Actuaries and the Analysis Function
The work of the Government Actuary's Department is core to the Analysis Function because we offer impartial actuarial analysis to our government and private sector clients.