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Inside Pensions
Learn how defined benefit pensions work, how their promises are valued and funded, what moves a scheme's financial position and the decisions trustees and employers make as schemes mature. Cover valuations, investment risk, funding, buy-ins and buy-outs, with enough context to understand what pensions actuaries actually work on.
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01The promise and the pot
- The pension promiseFree preview
- The DC pot and auto-enrolmentLocked
- Why pensions is actuarial heartlandLocked
02The valuation cycle
- Valuing a promiseFree preview
- Two moving linesLocked
- The triennial valuationLocked
- The new funding codeLocked
03The endgame era
- One scheme, five numbersLocked
- Buy-ins and buy-outsLocked
- Superfunds and run-onLocked
- Surplus and the 2026 ActLocked
04The Scheme Actuary and the consulting craft
- The Scheme ActuaryLocked
- Trustee vs corporateLocked
- Transfer valuesFree preview
- Factors, GMP and the project pipelineLocked
05Working in pensions
- A week in pensionsLocked
- Pay and progressionLocked
- The 2026 briefingLocked
- The pensions interviewLocked