Description: A discussion of the various Pension Plan Asset Valuation Methods. FromThe Pension Forum, August 2001, Volume 13, Issue No. 1.

Description: A summary of resources for Pension Actuaries. From Pension Section News, April 1998, Issue No. 36.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, August 1998, Issue No. 37.

Description: Capital Market Assumptions—The Past Performance Future Returns Debate by Jane Arnold and Jennifer Donnelly from Pension Section News, November 1998, Issue No. 38.

Description: Retirement Needs Framework by Anna Rappaport from Pension Section News, February 1999, Issue No. 39.

Description: IACA Meets, Reduces Dues 55% from Pension Section News, June 1999, Issue No. 40.

Description: This paper analyzes the two tax advantages of qualified retirement savings plans: the tax deductibility of contributions and the nontaxation of investment income until it has been distributed. The author concludes that there is both a deferral of taxation and a waiver of taxation. From Pension Section News, June 2000, Issue No. 42.

Description: This article describes a simplified problem in pension plan financing and presents two questions about how it can be modeled. Answers to these questions will be discussed and their implications for traditional actuarial models will be presented in Part 2 of the article in the following issue of the newsletter.

Description: Part 2 of an article which presents simplified problem and and presented alternate models. Answers are presented in this article. The author's final question is: If traditional actuarial models stumble over these issues, can we get it right for real world funding pension plans and funding practices?

Description: Chairperson’s Corner Smo-o-th! by Paul Angelo from Pension Section News, August 2002, Issue No. 49.