Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session on mergers and acquisitions discussed the impact of pensions, post-retirement costs and fringe benefits on acquisitions as well as the special problems that arise when the parties in a transaction are globally diverse.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session presents a summary of pension plan qualification/registration requirements for the U.S., Canada, and other countries and the means that some sponsors have used to comply with them.