Description: In this article, the author discusses the impact automatic enrollment AE in 401k programs has on plan participants. From the Pension Section News, October 2011, Issue No. 75.

Description: Provides highlights of the "How Americans Manage their Finances" study and relates results to other SOA research. Researcher for study is at University of Southern California and the SOA is partnering with the Social Security Administration.

Description: Offers some perspectives on retirement advice and the employer after the April, 2016 Department of Labor new fiduciary rules. Builds on SOA research project from the Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risk, Retirement and Investment Advice: A Guide for Employers

Description: This article discusses plans and processes for adequate funding for pension plans.

Description: In this article, the author reports on the current work of the Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks CPRNR. From Pension Section News, October 2011, Issue No. 75.

Description: Andrew Vaughan served as Chair of the Defined Ambition working group in the United Kingdom. Their report summarized a variety of different approaches for different plan designs and provided insights into different ways to apply defined ambition concepts. The report was presented to Parliament. The article discusses the report and provides insights about its development.

Description: Planning for retirement in North America has become much more challenging as the defined benefit system has declined. We must take more responsibility for ourselves. As we plan, many societal forces affect us. Both men and women are disadvantaged because Americans in particular are not very good savers. While pension plans and Social Security, or CPP/QPP/OAS in Canada, generally use the same formulas for men and women, often the results are different. This article focuses on the challenges women face in retirement.