Description: Andy provides a succinct summary of activities that he, the council and many other engaged parties have undertaken this past year with regard to the now firmly established Retirement 20/20 initiative, including links to working drafts of papers submitted and presentations made at June’s Retirement 20/20: New Designs for a New Century conference held in Washington, D.C.

Description: Kevin Binder, chair of the Pension Section Research Team, shares a summary of two recently completed projects that are now posted on the SOA website.The first topic is on the drawing down of retirement savings and the second is on the valuation of pension plan embedded options. From Pension Section News, October 2011, Issue No. 75.

Description: Andrew Peterson gives an excellent synopsis and editorial comments on the high points of the National Academy of Social Insurance’s 23rd annual Conference, held this January at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

Description: Join the SOA Research Institute for a webcast discussing a Deloitte Consulting research study that explored "What Retirement Plan Features do Employees Really Want?" The purpose of the study was to gain insights into the features of retirement plans that are important to employees and where they may make tradeoffs for the features they find most important. This report provides important observations for employers and other retirement stakeholders as they assess retirement plans.

Description: Column that provides an overview of Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks call for essays on Financial Wellness.

Description: Overview of recent research and CPD sessions of interest to pension actuaries

Description: Column that provides an overview of section activities

Description: Feature article discussing the National Academy of Social Insurance NASI, its 2011 Annual Conference, and in particular the session on Social Security Reform.

Description: This article provides a summary of the Actuarial Standards Board work and hearing evaluating whether a new ASOP is needed for public sector pension plans.

Description: Staff fellow column that highlights various efforts at encouraging lifetime income in retirement plans. Includes discussion of American Academy of Actuaries paper, U.S. Dept of Labor efforts, and and SOA-sponsored research paper.