Description: This section presents book reviews and summaries of recent publications on a variety of topics.

Description: The abstract for a paper that describes the history of traditional topics like actuarial cost methods and assumptions, the history of past inquiries into the dynamic and stochastic nature of pension costs, and the perceptions and concerns of pension actuaries of the past. Presented at The Future of Pension Plan Funding and Disclosure symposium held July 14-15, 2005 in Washington, DC.

Description: This paper presents a procedure that can be used to find an efficient frontier for the variability in the contribution rates for pension plans. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House, January 1996, VOL. 1.

Description: This abstract describes a paper that presents an actuarial model which determines benefits to be paid in phased retirement and in full retirement. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 2011.

Description: This article is about valuing employee pensions and how much of the pension a spouse would be entitled to with a focus on the current differences in Canadian provincial legislation. The strengths and weaknesses of different methods are outlined. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 2000, Volume 1.

Description: Abstract for a paper that attempts to identify defined benefit plan design principles that provide valuable employee benefits at reasonable costs. From The Future of Pension Plan Funding and Disclosure Monograph, M-RS05-1. Presented at The Future of Pension Plan Funding and Disclosure Symposium held July 14-15, 2005 in Washington, DC. This monograph is a case study.