Description: The author presents his views on the funding of the French rail workers’ pension system.

Description: This paper looks at approaches used in other countries to deal with the retirement challenges of tomorrow and examines their applicability to the German market.

Description: A discussion of substantial surpluses accumulated in defined benefit funds in South Africa and the legislation that resulted.

Description: The pension and longevity risk transfer market is growing rapidly, with British-pioneered pension and longevity de-risking emerging outside of the UK and US, with over $270bn in transactions completed globally since 2007. Emerging markets include the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France and Australia. This article describes the solutions available to plan sponsors who are looking to secure member benefits and achieve a lower risk future, and provides real-world examples of companies who have used innovative solutions to meet their unique needs.

Description: In this article, the author talks about the actuarial profession in Barbados.

Description: This article gives insight into the economic atmosphere in the Netherlands after the financial collapse in the United States.

Description: Provides some background on the new regulation, 'The Administrative Measures on Enterprise Annuity Fund', and comments on key issues this poses for corporate pension plans.

Description: In this article, the author talks about reforming the Canadian pension system.

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: Case comment on a Québec Superior Court decision rendered on June 13, 2016i.