Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting reviews one and five year returns in the stock and bond markets, fund expenses for retail funds versus insurance dedicated funds, revenue sharing arrangements between mutual funds and insurance companies, the suitability of a variable annuity, recent developments with the SEC and NASD and how arrangements are structured between insurance companies and investment companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This sessions from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers the pension actuary's role in the 'top fifty' process, the PBGC's annual list of those companies with the largest underfunding for guaranteed benefits. It also covers FAS87 and the 10k filing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No, 3a.

Description: In this article, the author talks about the pension environment and pension plans in Germany.

Description: This article discusses how much should defined-benefit pension plan assets be and should actuaries decide the answer to this question?

Description: Article from The Actuary, February 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 2 talks about pension financing concepts in various European countries.

Description: This study explores whether public pension plans have contributed enough to reduce unfunded liabilities, absent other influences such as investment returns.

Description: The Case Against Stock in Corporate Pension Funds

Description: 1974 SOA Meetings, Dallas and Montreal. This paper is the digest of discussions held at concurrent sessions of the referenced meeting. Topics covered: 1. CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF STOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. 2. PENSION FUNDING ASSUMPTIONS. 3. DIRECTIONS AND GOALS OF ACTUARIAL RESEARCH. 4. VARIABLE LIFE DEVELOPMENTS. 5. LIFE INSURANCE AND CONSUMERISM. From Transactions of the Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt.2D, No. 75 AB.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss cash balance pension plans, including their design, qualification, integration with Social Security, receptivity by participants, funding, and transition from conventional defined benefit plans. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 3A.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses the criteria used to judge adequacy of contributions to support benefits, for Taft-Hartley pension plans with fixed benefits and fixed contributions. The panelists also address Internal Revenue Service tests of adequacy in PS 64.