Description: Review of 2018 changes to retirement-related actuarial standards of practice in the US and Canada.

Description: Summary of the non-routine business transacted at meetings of the Executive Committee of the Society of Actuaries on September 18, 1979 and the Board of Governors on October 18-19, 1979

Description: Excellent big picture view for planning a social insurance system with pay-as-you-go, required self-funded, and voluntary plans.

Description: The International Section Council in conjunction with the Actuaries without Borders section of the IAA and the Azerbaijan Actuarial Association recently sponsored a three-day seminar focused on retirement benefits in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Description: This 1976 article discusses provincial regulation of private pensions in Canada, with a focus on Manitoba’s legislation, expected to be operative later in the year, and how it compares to regulation in other provinces.

Description: Discussion of the importance of trust law in North American qualified retirement plans.

Description: Canadian employers who sponsor retirement plans have mostly adopted arrangements that qualify for deferral of taxes. It is no longer clear that this is the best choice. Low interest rates and the emergence of Tax-Free Savings Accounts mean that there could be better alternatives for future generations of employees. This research paper re-examines the effectiveness of tax deferral and other fundamental choices.

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 8 is a review of report prepared by Frank M. Kleiler for the United States Department of Labor on the European regulation of public and private pension plans.

Description: Article Book Review by Ray in The Actuary, January 1979, Volume 13, Number 1

Description: Securing Supplemental Retirement Arrangements Course P–361C Study Note by C. Ian Genno from Pension Section News, January 1998, Issue No. 35.