Description: The author discusses how the use of a weighted average dollar duration book yield, WADD, rather than the more traditional book yield determined by book value or market value weighting, can provide a better basis for determining the crediting rate on the liabilities.

Description: The article is a summary of Session 9PD at the Society of Actuaries annual meeting in New Orleans in October 2001. Terminal funding the purchase of annuities by pension plans usually at plan termination and stable value GIC's became major product lines in the 1980's. This article describes the changes in the those products, the markets and regulatory environment.

Description: This article re-caps the Investment Actuary Symposium held on November 8-9, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Description: A review of changes in the last two years with respect to investing, geopolitical risks and the markets.

Description: Summary of Investment Council sponsored meetings as 2015 annual meeting

Description: Measuring Fair Value for Participation Units of Stable Value Pooled Funds

Description: This is a book review of Uncertain Times: A Chief Investment Officer's Journey, by Alton R. Cogert.

Description: Describes session at the 2015 Life and Annuity Symposium on a new electronic exchange for equity securities, IEX. The exchange rules limit the potential for high frequency traders to front-run customer orders.

Description: Feature article about: one of the significant contributions of modern academic finance has been to introduce the concept of stochastic investment forecasting

Description: Actuarial Assumptions for Pension Plans Invite Arbitrage The Case of Pension Obligation Bonds by Jeremy Gold from Risks and Rewards Newsletter, September 2000, Issue No. 35.