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  • The Future of Defined Contribution Plans
    According to the Employee Benefits Research Institute’s 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey, “the share of workers ... MR: According to MetLife’s 21st annual Employee Benefit Trends Study, 71% of U.S. employees are now concerned ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Jan 2024
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans
  • What Retirement Plan Features Do Employees Really Want?
    benefits?” they are very likely to say “yes.” What’s not to like about survivor benefits? Rather than asking ... survivor benefits must be very important. However, it’s rarely that simple. The presence of other features ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Mar 2023
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Pensions & Retirement>Plan design; Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks
  • Retirement Fraud: Should We Be Concerned?
    crime expert to highlight the report findings. Editor’s note: Alison Salka is senior vice president/director ... biggest source of savings/assets for most investors, it’s a really big concern. Russell Anderson (RA): For me ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Sep 2022
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement
  • American Rescue Plan Act: What is the Impact on Plan Sponsors of Corporate Defined Benefit Plans
    Ring Retirement Section News, September 2021 Editor’s Note: Zorast Wadia is a principal and consulting actuary ... normal cost component[2] that would make up a plan’s minimum cash contribution requirement. For a plan ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Corporate plans; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • Settling Pension Liabilities: An Interview With Matthew Bond
    participants (through lump sums) or to insurers (through annuity purchases) are now an important risk management ... operations. With the dotcom bubble bursting in 2000 and the Great Reces- sion starting in 2008, plan ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Sep 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement
  • Review of Multiemployer Plans
    for this? CF: About 10 percent of the 1,300 or so U.S. multiemployer plans are in “critical and declining” ... trucking industry (starting in the 1980s) • Decline in U.S. manufacturing jobs • Investment losses in the Great ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Oct 2020
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Multi-employer plans
  • Continuing Education in the Retirement Benefits Arena
    Continuing Education in the Retirement Benefits Arena Interview with Brett Dutton, the outgoing ... Dutton, the outgoing chair of the Retirement Section's Continuing Education Team. Brett discusses hot topics ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Apr 2020
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement
  • What is the Retirement Section Council? An Interview of SOA Retirement Section Council Chair
    current chair. I have also been the RSC’s vice chair and the RSC’s treasurer. I have found the experience ... the chair position when the term of the prior year’s chair, Todd Tauzer, ended. PR: What is the structure ...

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    • Authors: Hal Tepfer, Patrick Ring
    • Date: Jul 2023
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Pensions & Retirement
  • Inequalities In Retirement Security: Unique Challenges for African American Households
    the acting chair of the Retirement Section Council’s Communication Team, which is responsible for publishing ... podcasts, and maintaining the Retirement Section Council’s webpage. He can be contacted at pringactuary@gmail ...

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    • Authors: Patrick Ring
    • Date: Jan 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks; Pensions & Retirement>Post retirement risks