Description: In this session, senior pension and insurance investment professionals will share their thoughts on current investment topics. Attendees will hear about leading edge investment ideas and practices from industry leaders.

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

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

Description: The article discusses the characteristics of the high-yielding bank loan asset class.

Description: Suspension of 30-year Treasury auctions will have minimal impact on bond market structure in the near term, but over the mid- to long-term, consequences could be profound. This article discusses that impact the suspension of the 30-year treasury will have.

Description: The Case Against Stock in Corporate Pension Funds

Description: This panel discussion session focuses on pension investments including performance measurement, cash flow projections, and investment policy statements.

Description: Recent reports have expressed concern over historically high levels of corporate indebtedness, with an increasing share of investment-grade debt now in the BBB category, just above speculative-grade. This session will explore trends in the corporate debt market, with a focus on the risks and opportunities for portfolios in the current environment.

Description: A paper on investment results of life insurance companies investing in high-yield, lower quality bonds, September, 1999.

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.