Description: Discusses the history of conventional pension plans, the conventional wisdom about investing plan assets, and the new wisdom about matching investments [assets] with expected pension-plan liabilities. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This session focuses on the new types of defined-benefit plans: cash balance, pension equity, life cycled, etc. The issues covered include the regulatory environment, funding and accounting issues, and benefit adequacy.

Description: At this presentation, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor discusses the following topics of current interest: 1. Recently issued 404c regulations affecting defined contribution plan investments, and 2. Annuities and Guaranteed Investment Contracts 'GIC's' in light of the Executive Life insolvency. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

Description: This paper presents recursion formulas in relation to FAS 87, Employers Accounting for Pensions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: This panel discussion covers early retirement incentive programs, also known as early retirement windows, at an elementary level. The topics discussed include design issues, communicating effectively, determining cost, ensuring success, and pitfalls. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 4A.

Description: Panelists discuss: [1] overview of new minimum-funding rules in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act [OBRA] effective during the 1988 plan year, including Section 412[l] rules in particular, [2] maximum-funding rules, illustrated by a case study, and [3] implications of these rules that impact funding for 1988 and 1989. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: Panelists in session 98PD of the New York Annual Meeting discuss the issues considered by corporate sponsors in making decisions regarding the design or redesign of retirement programs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: The pros and cons of both types of plans are debated, employer and employee objectives are highlighted , and the range of hybrid plans also will be included. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion is about pension plan design. How are pension actuaries modifying plans to conform to TRA 86 and OBRA 87? What is the impact of the new integration regulations? What is the current status of cash balance plans? Are defined benefit plan dead? From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Chicago. This session was about the impact of pension plan design on investment strategy. The speakers covered a broad philosophical basis, the nuts and bolts of particular pension plan provisions in a defined-benefit area, and executive benefits.