Description: Discusses the fourth Colloquium organised by the Pensions, Benefits and Social Security Section of the International Actuarial Association 'IAA'. The future of pension regulation and the key lessons to be learned from the financial crisis were covered at the event.

Description: Article Retirement To Chaos by Smith in The Actuary, March 1979, Volume 13, Number 3

Description: This article highlighs the activities of the SOA Retirement Systems Practice Area including research projects, demographic retirement models, Social Security, and professional development.

Description: Tom Terry, FSA, FCA, MAAA, EA, who founded Chicago Consulting Actuaries in 1991, is interviewed by Sam Phillips in this article. The discussion explores how and why Terry started his own business, the opportunities and risks involved, innovations his firm has come up with, and the future of pension consulting. The article includes advice for those interested in starting their own business.

Description: There are reasons for the retirement actuary to be optimistic about the future of our practice. There are reasons to believe that actuaries will play an increasingly large and valuable role in the retirement industry and there are significant opportunities for growth—from both an individual and a profession wide perspective— within the pension consulting field.

Description: The September 2014 Issue of the Financial Reporting Section's newsletter, The Financial Reporter

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

Description: This section provides multiple book reviews and summaries of recent publications. Many of the books reviewed deal with pensions, retirement and Social Security. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1973, Vol. 25, Pt. 1, No. 72 AB.