Description: This session discussion is about what constitutes the proper level of financing of retirement plans, objective of proper financing, different measures of funding status, risk related to inadequate financing, recent U.S. developments. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 13, No. 4A.

Description: This session is about United States: Minimum funding requirements, Internal Revenue Service audit guidelines, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Financial Accounting Standards Board 87 Canada: Surplus contrivances tax reform, pension reform legislation, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Standards. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 13, No. 2.