Description: Presenters discuss the basic elements of strategic, or long-range planning and review the general state of the pension industry. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2, session 97CS of the Maui II Spring Meeting.

Description: This webcast focuses on case studies covering the ethical challenges and dilemmas that pension actuaries are currently facing. Participate in an interactive opportunity for audience members, as interaction is highly encouraged. If you attended the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA), similar case studies may be used to iterate the actuarial pension environment during this enrollment cycle.

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: Article Retirement To Chaos by Smith in The Actuary, March 1979, Volume 13, Number 3

Description: This article highlighs the activities of the SOA Retirement Systems Practice Area including research projects, demographic retirement models, Social Security, and professional development.

Description: This session 29IF of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting discusses how we might better proceed in responding to ongoing items of interest. Furthermore, the workings of the Pension Committee are addressed and discussed along with new standards, partly driven by current governmental activity. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1.

Description: Tom Terry, FSA, FCA, MAAA, EA, who founded Chicago Consulting Actuaries in 1991, is interviewed by Sam Phillips in this article. The discussion explores how and why Terry started his own business, the opportunities and risks involved, innovations his firm has come up with, and the future of pension consulting. The article includes advice for those interested in starting their own business.

Description: Gather with members and non-members in the China actuarial community to discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as macroeconomic sharing, pension, investment, product strategy, and more.

Description: This webinar will discuss and illustrate professionalism standards in an interactive case study format. The session will begin with a lightning round discussion with audience polling on professionalism topics and standards of investment practice. Participants will then work through several case studies in an investment context, each of which will have its own specific professionalism considerations. Audience polling and discussion will be included as part of each case study.

Description: This is the Introductory Study Note for the Society of Actuaries Retirement Benefits-CSP, Canada examination for Spring 2012 that will be given on Friday, April 27th, from 8:30 a.m.–11:45a.m. and 1:30p.m.–4:45 p.m.