The EY team delivered value creation across a range of projects covering asset structuring and modelling, fund reviews and transactions, helping it claim InsuranceERM's actuarial team of the year award.

The team's work has supported approximately 30 clients this year across almost 50 separate projects.

Over the past year, the team has pursued more innovative solutions for its clients, exploring novel structures to produce eligible notes to back liabilities in the UK bulk purchase annuity market.

The team's focus on helping asset managers to diversify and improve yield pick-up through novel fund financing and royalties is noteworthy.

The team also helped to steer a variety of major deals including supporting a global asset manager enter the UK insurance market through the acquisition of a leading BPA provider.