What is the scope for an actuary in financial markets and not taking the insurance sector into consideration?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I know actuaries that work in investment consulting if that is the kind of thing that interests you. You don't really need to be an actuary for that, but it can help if you are advising on matching assets to liabilities (the investment actuaries I know advise pension schemes). The actuarial exams are more difficult than financial analyst exams, so I wouldn't suggest going down that route unless you are sure you are going to be making use of the actuarial techniques.