Description: This paper explores a proposed compulsory savings program combined with transparent investment vehicles designed to promote competition based on expense levels, fund performance and customer service. At retirement 50% of the account is annuitized in Participating Variable Annuity (PVA) backed by TIPS. All investment experience, expenses, and pooled longevity experience is passed to annuitants through periodic benefit adjustments. Annuities are priced uniformly based on age at commencement.

Description: This article gives an example of how a proposed change to Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 4 would decrease the quality of work done by the actuary of a pension plan or increase misunderstanding.

Description: This paper describes the features of the Retirement Shares Plan RSP, a new concept in pension benefit design, as an alternative to traditional defined benefit or defined contribution retirement plans. An RSP transfers the invesmtent risk to plan pariticpants while retaining and pooling the longevity risk. From 2006 Re-Envisioning Retirement in the 21st Century Symposium, M-AS06-2.

Description: This paper examines the Retirement Shares Plan which allows participants to allocate their benefits to the classes of shares available. Thus risk-averse retirees can be assured of relatively stable benefits, while the less risk-averse can have their benefits backed by a diversified of equity portfolio.