Description: This abstract describes a presentation that relates to determining the next standards applicable for pension plan valuation in Canada, depending upon further decisions to be made by the Actuarial Standard Board-Conseil des norms actuarielles.

Description: The abstract for the paper Pension Plan Life-Cycle Funding Approach.

Description: Abstract for “Requirements to Make the Housing Asset a Viable Retirement Asset.” This paper examines the characteristics of an ideal product and the type of institution that would be well positioned to offer the ideal product which would allow a housing asset to be a viable retirement asset.

Description: Introduction of a symposium of papers that arose out of the discussions of the Committee on Retirement Systems Practice Education regarding the adequacy of defined benefit pension plan funding.

Description: This abstract describes a paper that presents an actuarial model which determines benefits to be paid in phased retirement and in full retirement. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 2011.

Description: Abstract of paper that addresses the issue of the manner in which financial resources are measured within government budgets, how this measurement of resources might affect public budget decisions, and how the interaction of the budget with the actuarial model can lead public budge managers to engage in financially damaging transactions such as pension obligation bonds.

Description: The abstract for paper Mortality Improvement Select Birth Cohorts and Their Effect on Pricing Survivor Bonds.

Description: This article is about valuing employee pensions and how much of the pension a spouse would be entitled to with a focus on the current differences in Canadian provincial legislation. The strengths and weaknesses of different methods are outlined. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 2000, Volume 1.

Description: Calculating the retirement benefits under a defined contribution pension plan requires information about lifetime salary profiles along with the density of contribution. Most often, in developing countries, a simple income profile is assumed with no regard to actual income profiles. One commonly used rule is to assume a x percent growth in income throughout the working lives of affiliates. This is the abstract of a paper that investigates if the reality corresponds to such assumptions.

Description: Abstract of a paper examining the degree to which certain actuarial methods satisfy public pension plan funding objectives.