Actuaries working in investment work in many areas, including investment management.

Investment Management

Actuaries have been involved in the field of investment management for decades. They are involved in buying and selling assets, investment analysis and portfolio management. In addition, actuarial techniques are ideal for use in measuring investment performance.

Investment centres around the capital markets. This includes stock and bond markets, currency, property and derivatives. An actuary working in this area is involved in the day to day activity in these markets on behalf of clients or employers. Some actuaries may be involved in advising on the long-term characteristics and implications of different strategies.

An actuary can be useful to investors as they are used to measure the risk involved in an investment portfolio. They are also used to assess risks on loan products.

Actuarial techniques are ideal when measuring investment performance as they can solve problems while making correct investment decisions. This means that actuaries are well valued when it comes to working in investment management.

Actuaries bring strong analytical skills and have a deep understanding of how assets interact. This is particularly important in the world of investment management.

Employers recognise the skills that actuaries bring to their company and see that actuaries often seek to improve the development of valuation models and the refinement of traditional methods. Therefore, they allow actuaries to further develop these skills as well as develop skills in other areas such as financial economics.