Description: In this article, Pension Section Council chairperson Marcus Robertson reviews 2009, looks forward to 2010, thanks departing council members and welcomes incoming members.

Description: A global perspective on risk and pensions, from a different perspective.

Description: The appropriate role for actuaries when advising on long-term investment strategies for individual retirement savings.

Description: This essay focuses on elements of success in a system linked to employment.

Description: In this article the editor previews the issue.

Description: Andrew Vaughan served as Chair of the Defined Ambition working group in the United Kingdom. Their report summarized a variety of different approaches for different plan designs and provided insights into different ways to apply defined ambition concepts. The report was presented to Parliament. The article discusses the report and provides insights about its development.

Description: This is a summary of a new research paper entitled: “Determining Discount Rates Required to Fund Defined Benefit Plans” by John Turner and three other economists, which describes a new way to look at pension funding for ongoing plans that is a variant of using expected returns (currently used in public plans) that takes into account the risk that contributions will be needed in the future for this year’s benefit accruals.

Description: Introduction to academicians, practitioners, and gerontologists who comprise the Funding Longevity Task Force at the American College of Financial Services.

Description: Article suggests future steps with regard to this project and provides information on where to get the essays.