Course for finance directors and their pensions responsibilities
A leading UK actuarial company feels there is a gap in the knowledge of board-level directors about pensions' funding and actuarial valuations and launches a new course.
A training initiative aimed at finance directors, company secretaries, treasurers and non-executive directors to help them understand intricacies of employer sponsored final salary pension schemes.
The aim of the programme, run by Punter Southall a firm of UK actuaries, is to equip employers with an understanding of the key drivers behind scheme funding and the actuarial valuation process.
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