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  • Aging: The Great Common Denominator

    Aging: The Great Common Denominator This article addresses challenges that arise later on in retirement years related to support systems, physical needs, and living arrangements. It highlights the ...

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    • Authors: Esther W Peterson
    • Date: Jan 2023
    • Competency: Professional Values; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Risk management; Public Policy
  • American Rescue Plan Act: What is the Impact on Plan Sponsors of Corporate Defined Benefit Plans

    American Rescue Plan Act: What is the Impact on Plan Sponsors of Corporate Defined Benefit Plans This article addresses how the ARPA has lessened the financial burden on sponsors of corporate ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Corporate plans; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • DC Corner: For Such a Time as This

    DC Corner: For Such a Time as This First in a series of articles for Retirement Section News focusing on Defined Contribution issues By Robert J. Reiskytl Retirement Section News, June 2022 A few ...

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    • Authors: Robert J Reiskytl
    • Date: Jun 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans
  • SOA 2021 Retirement Risk Survey: An Interview With Barbara Hogg

    SOA 2021 Retirement Risk Survey: An Interview With Barbara Hogg The article is an interview with Barbara Hogg who summarizes the results of a survey of Americans about their awareness of ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Jun 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks; Pensions & Retirement>Post retirement risks
  • CRITs: An Alternative Retirement Income Approach

    CRITs: An Alternative Retirement Income Approach Defined benefit plans have been disappearing from the private sector retirement program landscape. 401k Plans that have taken their place are not ...

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    • Authors: Mark Shemtob
    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Pensions & Retirement>Private sector plans; Pensions & Retirement>Post retirement risks; Pensions & Retirement>Retirement Investment Income Tontines (RITs)
  • An Introduction to Collective Defined Contribution Plans

    An Introduction to Collective Defined Contribution Plans Collective Defined Contribution Plans offer an option in plan design that lies somewhere between defined benefit and defined contribution ...

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    • Authors: Mark Shemtob
    • Date: Jul 2023
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Public Policy
  • Megatrends Impacting the Future of Retirement Plans

    Megatrends Impacting the Future of Retirement Plans This article is a summary of the SOA Research Institute report published in April 2023 on Megatrends Impacting the Future of Retirement Plans.

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    • Authors: Esther W Peterson
    • Date: Oct 2023
    • Competency: Leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Economics; Economics>Behavioral economics; Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks
  • The Future of Defined Contribution Plans

    The Future of Defined Contribution Plans An interview with Michelle Richter-Gordon which provides a look at how DC participants feel about their financial security in retirement and suggests how ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Jan 2024
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans
  • COVID-19, Retirement and the Future

    COVID-19, Retirement and the Future COVID-19 has changed the lives of most Americans and there are very important issues for retirees and near-retirees to consider. By Anna M. Rappaport ...

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    • Authors: Anna M Rappaport
    • Date: May 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement
  • Optimizing QDIAs for Retirement

    Optimizing QDIAs for Retirement The article describes the factors that should determine the asset allocation of an employer's QDIA, especially Target Date Funds, and suggests that in general ...

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    • Authors: Paul Donahue
    • Date: Jun 2022
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Pensions & Retirement>Plan design; Pensions & Retirement>Post retirement risks