Description: This guide is a compilation of references providing an overview of the pension environment in Canada. It is designed to assist a non-pension practitioner or an actuary from outside of Canada who wants to learn about the Canadian Pension System.

Description: This is an EA1 study note will present some common examples of converting benefits for normal, early and late retirement. It will also analyze how changes in a plan's actuarial equivalence assumption can affect the magnitude of the converted benefits.

Description: Cast study for Spring 2009 Retirement Benefits, U.S.

Description: This is the Introductory Study Note for the Society of Actuaries Retirement Benefits-Company/Sponsor Perspective examination for Spring 2012 that will be given on Friday, April 27th, from 8:30 a.m. –1:15 p.m.

Description: Study note for EA,2A exam, presents the factors to consider in setting demographic and economic assumptions used in measuring pension obligations. While its primary focus is on the general process of setting such actuarial assumptions, it also covers some of the specifics of assumption-setting relevant to the actuarial valuations used for pension funding in the United States.

Description: A company considering the acquisition of, or merger with, another company or the divestiture of an operation may find that issues related to employee benefit programs have a profound effect on the viability ofthe transaction. This paper lists literature for the actuary to broaden his/her knowledge on the subject: both on mergers and acquisitions and on handling of employee benefits.

Description: Spring 2009 CSP Retirement Benefit case study

Description: This is the November 2007 Exam DP-RU which covers retirement benefits from the Design and Pricing perspective for the United States.

Description: This is the Introductory Study Note for the Society of Actuaries Retirement Benefits-DP, Canada, examination for Spring 2012 that will be given on Thursday, April 26th, from 8:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m. and 1:30p.m.–4:45pm.

Description: This study note will cover the fundamental requirements for a plan to attain qualification and the advantages that qualified status bestows upon those involved in the plan.