Description: 2021 ImpACT Conference - Session 13C: Regulatory Changes and Late Breaking Developments 10.29.21 Recording

Description: The SOA Investment Section is holding a three-part Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Investment Considerations Webcast Series in September and October, which will cover the challenges and implementation. This series is suited for actuaries, consultants, plan sponsors and asset managers that work with insurance companies or pension funds and want to learn more about the latest in ESG. The increasing focus on climate change and recent social movements witnessed globally brought many institutional investors to further think about and perhaps reevaluate, the way they integrate ESG factors into their investment decisions. This new reality raises many questions: what's next for ESG in the institutional space? What will be the challenges? How will institutional investors go beyond the basics? What are current and future ESG needs and who will meet them? This will be the first of three educational sessions aimed at taking the conversation on ESG integration to the next level. During this webcast, you will hear from a panel of various types of asset owners who will share their perspectives, challenges and learnings in the journey to implementing their ESG views, including in the context of a pandemic. The discussion will start broadly, and narrow down to some of the most pressing topics today with the focus on climate change resilience and adaptation of assets.

Description: 2021 ImpACT Conference -Session 9A: Ethics for Pension Actuaries 10.28.21 Recording

Description: Gain insights from several experienced public plan actuaries, as they discuss their communication process with their clients on trends that impact large U.S. Public Pension Plans. Those trends include: Maturity Metrics Asset Allocations Assumed Rates of Return

Description: The emergence of technology to advance data visualization has helped uncover hidden insights in our data that was previously difficult to do. Designing engaging charts and crafting gripping stories through visualization has never been easier. This session will focus on understanding the fundamentals and considerations when deploying data visualization and selecting the best data visualization tool. Additionally, the course will provide an example of creating advanced data visualizations using Power BI.

Description: How do unpredictable short-term mortality shocks due to the Coronavirus impact assumptions for pension valuations? What impact does this have in reviewing a plan's experience and can an actuary justify making adjustments? What portions of the population were most impacted by COVID-19? Find out all this and more during this discussion. This webcast will cover: Current research relating to COVID-19 mortality statistics The MP-2020 improvement scale and the MIM-2021 framework Perspectives on emerging longevity trends

Description: Emerging Tools & Technologies - Data Transformation & Warehousing Webcast 8.12.20 Recording

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: 2021 ImpACT Conference - Session 11A: Thinking Ahead Roadmap: Keep Your Money Safe As You Age 10.28.21 Recording

Description: Ensuring employees retire with adequate benefits is an ever-growing challenge. During this webcast, we will highlight key insights from the fields of behavioral economics and data analytics that can be utilized to better equip employees for retirement. Areas of focus will include inherent biases that people exhibit and how employers can use these biases to design plan features that will nudge their employees towards making better decisions for their futures.