Description: Fact sheet about surveys of individuals 85+ years old and children of individuals 85+ years old looking at post-retirement experiences.

Description: Feature article discussing France's retirement system.

Description: Editorial describing some of the articles in the issue.

Description: Explores how blended families are different and the same. Provides survey data on how people feel about responsibility in different types of families. Provides stories of experience.

Description: Interview with Blaine Aiken to learn about recent developments in fiduciary responsibility and financial and retirement advice. New developments will extend the fiduciary requirements financial advisors are subject to. These developments are linked to changes in the code of ethics that apply to CFPs.

Description: Update to the SOA's longitudinal analysis of contributions among state-based and large-city pension plans in the U.S.

Description: A fact sheet summarizing the report, Optimizing Retirement Income by Integrating Retirement Plans, IRAs, and Home Equity.

Description: Through modeling results, illustrate how a variable annuity plan can provide superior results in the decumulation phase compared to traditional defined contribution plans while sharing risk more effectively than in traditional defined benefit plans

Description: The article is a summary of Society of Actuaries report entitled “Annuity Market Pricing Approaches” sponsored by the Retirement Section Research Committee. The report examines the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) methodology of developing solvency valuation assumptions, compares it to methods used in the U.S., and considers if it could be used in other markets, such as U.S. group annuities or individual annuities

Description: Read as I reflect on the Retirement Section Council’s most recent meeting in San Diego, two clear themes were repeatedly discussed and debated.