Description: Provides personal perspective on moving from full time employment into a range of different activities before full retirement; provides ideas for new paths.

Description: Summary of environment for FinTech, key points about robo advice, big data and other FinTech topics, application to retirement planning and wish list.

Description: An interview of Matthew Bond focusing on pension liabilities.

Description: The 2021 Society of Actuaries Generations Survey offers results by race and ethnicity. This article is an interview with Alan Newsome and shares the results of the survey as well as broader issues to understand the differences in retirement security by race and ethnicity. It documents that there are major differences, and that the COVID-19 pandemic affected different groups very differently. It also raises issues related to societal conditions.

Description: Discussion of the challenges actuaries face in selecting an interest rate for the purpose of calculating Withdrawal Liability for a Multiemployer pension fund in the US. Recent court cases are referenced.

Description: The article first tries to determine a consensus view of what social security should accomplish and then tries to measure how well the current level of benefits succeeds in meeting these goals. Assessing benefit adequacy is an essential element in putting the overall program on a sound financing footing.

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

Description: Feature article highlighting the thoughts of Neil Lloyd, who is responsible for research for the Defined Contribution and Financial Wellness practice of Mercer, on retirement issues.