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  • Managing Volatility in a Mark-to-Market World: The Stochastic Funding Method
    Managing Volatility in a Mark-to-Market World: The Stochastic Funding Method Abstract ... Washington, DC. Asset liability management=ALM;Asset valuation;Defined benefit plans=DB plans;Funding policy;Pension ...

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    • Authors: Mark Ruloff, Steven R Strake, Howard E Winklevoss
    • Date: Jun 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • Letting Financial Economics Drive the Development of Transparent Accounting and Contribution Requirements
    Letting Financial Economics Drive the Development of Transparent Accounting ... Symposium, M-RS04-1. Accounting standards;Asset valuation;Defined benefit plans=DB plans;Employer contributions;Financial ...

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    • Authors: Mark Ruloff
    • Date: Jun 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting
  • The Future of Pension Plan Funding and Disclosure Monograph: Managing Volatility in a Mark-to-Market World -The Stochastic Funding Method
    The Future of Pension Plan Funding and Disclosure Monograph: Managing Volatility in a ... M-RS05-1. Asset liability management=ALM;Asset valuation;Defined benefit plans=DB plans;Funding policy;Pension ...

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    • Authors: Mark Ruloff, Steven R Strake, Howard E Winklevoss
    • Date: Jul 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • Pension Section News
    was less in the DB plan due to the pooling of individual risks. Defined Benefit Plans vs. Defined Contribution ... bringing new en- ergy and fresh perspectives to the table. By the time this edition of Pension Section News ...

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    • Authors: C. Genno, Mark Ruloff, Anne Button, Emily Kessler, Scott Tucker
    • Date: Jan 2005
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
  • Hind Sight
    ago at the beginning of 1994. Our actuarial valuation might have used an expected return of 8.5% and ... stable level of contributions, as shown in Table 1. Table 1 9.62%/2.36 0 100000 200000 300000 ...

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    • Authors: Mark Ruloff
    • Date: Jul 2004
  • Managing Retirement Assets Symposium: Full Circle - Purchasing Insured Annuities in a Defined-Benefit Plan
    capital-market assumptions (see Appendix 2): Table 1 Portfolio Expected Return 30th Percentile Return ... that the plan has so many participants that individual longevity risk is completely removed. Since ...

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    • Authors: Mark Ruloff, Elissa Tauber
    • Date: Apr 2004
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Annuities>Investment strategy - Annuities; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management
  • Defined Benefit Plans are More Successful with Bonds
    reflect a possible higher cost level for new hires. Table 1 on page 6 shows the number of times ruin occurred ... allocation for good measure. The results are shown in Table 2. Defined Benefit Plans are More Successful with ...

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    • Authors: Mark Ruloff
    • Date: Sep 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Risk management
  • Addressing the Financial Risks from Retirement Systems Seminar: How Consideration of Risk May Change Plan Sponsor Strategies
    versus collective action; employers under the individual ownership approach will become facilitators versus ... pension and in health programs today. Risk of the individual has demonstrated that they're not well-motivated ...

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    • Authors: Malcolm P Hamilton, Kenneth Kent, Michael Peskin, Mark Ruloff, Matthew Sloan, Sean F McShea
    • Date: Jun 2005
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Global Perspectives>Geopolitical risks; Pensions & Retirement>Risk management
  • A Brave New World: Pension Accounting Standards - Testing, Testing Does This Thing Work?
    referred to can be found through the link on the table of contents. RECORD Volume 30, No ... liability-related experience, so if you update your mortality table, it's probably going to end up here. Any plan amendment ...

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    • Authors: Gerard Mingione, Mark Ruloff, Bruce Cadenhead, Kevin Shand
    • Date: Oct 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting
  • A Brave New World: Pension Funding Methods - Testing, Testing Does This Thing Work?
    which is where the largest risk is. I will say my valuation interest rate is going to be equal to my expected ... actually what we are doing, do you take that valuation rate and use it on the normal cost and on the ...

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    • Authors: Mark Ruloff, Kevin Shand, Daniel Cassidy
    • Date: Oct 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Funding