Description: Dedicated to those interested in the approaches of long-term pension assets, the How Should Long-Term Pension Assets Be Invested? A Debate webcast allows you to focus on where to devote your pension attention. Participants in this panel concentrate on perspectives and opinions on the direction of long-term pension assets. Expand your viewpoint on the investment of long-term pension assets by discovering other ideas about the industry. Determine how to handle your association with these assets and how to make the best move for the retirement business.

Description: Reunite with members and non-members in the China actuarial community to discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as macroeconomic sharing, IFRS 17, product strategy, cross-border communication and discussion, and more. Advance your career through learning and networking opportunities, and share your experiences in the finance and insurance industries, as well as other fields related to actuarial science.

Description: An increased focus on pension plan cost and risk management has led plan sponsors to pursue innovative plan designs. This, in turn, is driving the need for actuaries to utilize new approaches to modeling the underlying market risks of such plan designs. The presenters will discuss advanced techniques to pension plan cash flow modeling that will ensure that the risks embedded in complex plan design features are fully captured. Specifically, a new dimension to cash flow modeling, benefit commencement year (in addition to payment year), will be introduced as well as the concept of 'collapsible' cash flow. Case studies will illustrate how techniques can be used in practice for cash balance plans, pension equity plans and other lump sum paying plans. Other risks such as form of payment and longevity will also be covered. This session is intended to meet the needs of actuaries and investment consultants focused on providing advice on risk management and investment strategy to sponsors of pension plans with complex design features.

Description: As pension de-risking gains popularity, many plan sponsors find themselves choosing between two strategies: annuitization and hibernation. Join us as a proponent for each strategy presents the benefits of their recommended solution.

Description: The paper demonstrates that the most popular rationalization for evolving glide paths is flawed and should be discarded. The paper also demonstrates that glide paths should generally evolve for investors that endeavor to optimize outcomes and reevaluate their portfolios regularly.

Description: Economic Scenario Generator - Investment Section Web Series Session #2 - Real World This session will cover the following points: 1. NAIC ESG 2. Strategic Asset Allocation and Optimization Techniques 3. Covid-19 Postmortem: Modeling and calibration changes because of recent events

Description: Hear from two economists and two actuaries based at high-profile organizations and consulting firms as they explore how expected future inflation will play a critical role with pension valuation assumptions. Join us for the Inflation - Effects, Forecasts, and Role in Pension Valuations webcast and dive into how inflation interacts with investment returns, interest rates and wages. Also, come discover how inflation forecasters develop their projections and who to contact when it's time for professional inflation forecasts relevant to pension valuations. This webcast will address if the current high levels of inflation will affect valuation assumptions and investment returns, cost of living increases and salary increases.

Description: Measuring Fair Value for Participation Units of Stable Value Pooled Funds

Description: Gather with members and non-members in the China actuarial community to discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as macroeconomic sharing, pension, investment, product strategy, and more.

Description: The September 2014 Issue of the Financial Reporting Section's newsletter, The Financial Reporter