This is a book review for "A Fifty-Year Labor of Love: The History of Employees Life Company (Mutual) 1946–1996" part two.

This is a book review for "The Economics of Financial Markets" part three.

This is a book review for "Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot" by H. Walner, part four.

This is a discussion of a previously published paper, "Pension Fund Excellence: Creating Value for Stakeholders" part one.

Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics latest statistics.

Summary of report from Canada, with link to full report.

Recently, we have seen renewed interest in the international (or “offshore”) pension plan. An international plan typically provides benefits for internationally mobile workers of a multinational employer, but can also be used for certain other workers. The plan is usually located in a respected international finance centre.

This is a research project on possible replacement indices for the 30 year treasury rates used to value current liability for defined benefit pension plans in the US.

This report presents the results of a survey conducted for the Society of Actuaries Pension Section Research Committee by Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc, March 2005. The purpose of the survey was to examine the prevalence of traditional and hybrid defined benefit pension plans in large organizations that have operations in the United States. The results of the study may prove useful to pension practitioners and policy makers wishing to gauge the effect of a recent US court ruling with potentially widespread implications for pension plans commonly referred to as cash balance plans.

Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, discusses the Pension Protection Act PPA and the related misconceptions. The PPA has removed significant legislative uncertainty around pension funding rules. But there are lots of details. This article discusses the many unresolved issues related to near-term funding decisions.