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Countdown to Share Comments on CPD Requirement Begins!
Hurry! Don't miss your chance to
share your comments with the SOA Board on the CPD Requirement Exposure
Draft. The comment period, launched in November 2007, will close on
February 22, 2008.
Click here for more information.
Save the Date: June 4-6, 2008
The Joint CCA/SOA Employee Benefits Spring Meeting will take place in Tampa, FL. Stay tuned to www.soa.org, Meetings & Events for more information.
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Chairperson's Corner
Martine Sohier, FSA, FCIA
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Our outgoing Pension Section Council chair, Martine Sohier, provides some parting thoughts on the retirement system of today and tomorrow.
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“Rename the PSN” Contest Rules
Faisal Siddiqi, FSA, FCIA
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It’s official. The Pension Section has one of the three most boring newsletter names in the entire Society of Actuaries. Here’s your chance to get creative! Be the one to rename the Pension Section News!!
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Report from the 2007 Retirement 20/20 Conference: Aligning Roles with Skills
Emily Kessler, FSA
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Curious about the Retirement 20/20 project? Read Emily Kessler’s summary of the 2007 conference….
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SOA Releases New Long-term Health Care Cost Trends Resource Model
Steve Siegel, ASA
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Read about the SOA’s recently completed research project related to long-term health care cost trends.
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Information Sources for DB Plans Outside the United States
John A. Turner, Ph.D
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If you have clients with global operations and need to learn more about the retirement systems of different countries, this article may be helpful.
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PPA...Ready or Not
Brian Donohue, FSA
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2008 is upon us. Pension reform, a concern for most of the decade, is here. This article provides a review of the single-employer funding rules under PPA, reflecting regulatory guidance through December 2007. The discussion does not cover special issues for hybrid plans and does not consider at-risk calculations or benefit restriction rules.
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A Pension Section News Book Review: Annuity Markets and Pension Reform
Michael B Price, ASA
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Read the Pension Section News’ review of Annuity Markets and Pension Reform, by George (Sandy) Mackenzie.
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Some Interesting Information about Phased Retirement
Anna Rappaport, FSA
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The concept of phased retirement continues to generate significant interest as the baby boom approaches the later stages of its collective working life. This article summarizes the highlights of a Conference Board-sponsored Web cast on phased retirement that took place in June of 2007.
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In Defense of Assumptions and Methods
Lawrence Mitchell, FSA
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The first Pension Section News was published in June of 1989. In this, our 20th year, we plan to take a look back in time by reprinting selected articles from the PSN’s earliest issues. We begin with Larry Mitchell’s In Defense of Assumptions and Methods from Issue No. 5 (June 1990).
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