Description: Edited Content: Listen in as a discussion on establishing a public retirement plan investment strategy. Expect to cover the typical evolution of investment policies from 100% government bonds supporting government borrowing, diversification and developing domestic capital markets, and fully global diversified portfolios. Original Content: We will discuss establishing a public retirement plan investment strategy, and cover the typical evolution of investment policies from 100% government bonds supporting government borrowing to more diversification and developing domestic capital markets, and then to fully global diversified portfolios.

Description: Join us for this webcast that focuses on case studies covering the ethical challenges and dilemmas that pension actuaries are currently facing. Participate in an interactive opportunity for audience members, as interaction is highly encouraged.

Description: Join the SOA Research Institute for a webcast discussing a Deloitte Consulting research study that explored "What Retirement Plan Features do Employees Really Want?" The purpose of the study was to gain insights into the features of retirement plans that are important to employees and where they may make tradeoffs for the features they find most important. This report provides important observations for employers and other retirement stakeholders as they assess retirement plans.

Description: Discuss a comparison of the U.S. general and insured population mortality experience and how COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 excess deaths impacted the populations differently. Discover the population mortality experience in the UK with a focus on the recent emergence of excess deaths for non-COVID causes. The long-term implications on the insured population will also be explored. Wrap up with a discussion of different conditions of long COVID, including organ impairments.

Description: This webcast provides an overview of the key provisions of the recently enacted SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, which significantly changed the rules that apply to qualified retirement plans and IRAs. The presenters will examine a history of the legislation and focus on some of the key provisions of the Act. In particular, we will discuss provisions that give individuals more flexibility on how they will contribute to their retirement accounts and provisions that provide new ways for individuals to save. Explore certain significant structural changes to the rules such as the automatic enrollment for new plans and the elimination of lifetime RMDs for designated Roth accounts. The panel will also focus on the provisions that provide greater access to retirement funds through new distribution exceptions and how this might affect a company’s reporting obligations. Come learn about some of the relief provisions included in SECURE 2.0, including an expanded EPCRS program to cover errors relating to IRAs. In addition to a discussion about the key provisions, the panel will review steps companies should be taking to implement the SECURE 2.0 provisions, including timelines for amending documents and systems. Identify certain issues for which guidance or technical corrections is likely needed, such as clarification on the required beginning date age.

Description: Come discuss the interaction between defined benefit (DB) plans and defined contribution (DC) plans. You'll hear more about the impact of DB plans on DC plan design and vice versa. Join us and learn about the differences in DB and DC plan governance and cross-over opportunities between these plan solutions.

Description: This webinar will discuss and illustrate professionalism standards in an interactive case study format. The session will begin with a lightning round discussion with audience polling on professionalism topics and standards of investment practice. Participants will then work through several case studies in an investment context, each of which will have its own specific professionalism considerations. Audience polling and discussion will be included as part of each case study.