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  • Controlling Our Behavior

    Controlling Our Behavior This article describes behavioral finance and its relevance in identifying analytics and processes suitable for a control environment for the actuarial aspects of an ...

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    • Authors: Mark Griffin
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • Chairperson talks about the activities of the section.

    Chairperson talks about the activities of the section. Chairperson talks about the activities of the section. prediction;forecast;assumptions;standards of practice 6442457424 8/1/2014 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Barry Franklin
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Professional Values
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • Comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin

    Comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin Eric Friedman’s comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin Asset allocation;Discount rates= ...

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    • Authors: Eric S Friedman
    • Date: Jun 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans
  • Revisiting Pension Actuarial Science: A Five-Part Series

    Revisiting Pension Actuarial Science: A Five-Part Series The current financial model put forth as the market value of public sector pension benefit liabilities is simply the expected cash flows ...

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    • Authors: James Rizzo, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Piotr Krekora
    • Date: Jun 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans; Pensions & Retirement>Risk management
  • Estimating the true cost of retirement

    Estimating the true cost of retirement A common approach to estimating the total amount of savings required to fund retirement is to first apply a generic “replacement rate” to pre-retirement ...

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    • Authors: David Blanchett
    • Date: Jan 2014
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • The Case for Stochastic Present Values

    The Case for Stochastic Present Values This paper presents a methodology that represents the common ground between the major camps in the debate over the defined benefits DB system. Asset ...

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    • Authors: Dimitry D Mindlin
    • Date: Jun 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans
  • Fundamentals of Pension Funding

    Fundamentals of Pension Funding The methods of pension funding are generally understood, but references in the actuarial literature are rather sparse. This paper attempt, in some measure, to get ...

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    • Authors: Charles L. Trowbridge
    • Date: Oct 1979
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • Survey of FAS 87 Assumptions

    Survey of FAS 87 Assumptions Results and discussion of a survey of FAS 87 Assumptions employed for non- USA defined benefit plans as of 12/31/1996 Assumptions;Capital markets=Stock market;Defined ...

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    • Authors: FRANCIS ROGER ATKINS
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Economics>Macroeconomics; Global Perspectives; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting
  • Upcoming Changes in Actuarial Standards of Practice

    Upcoming Changes in Actuarial Standards of Practice Review of 2018 changes to retirement-related actuarial standards of practice in the US and Canada. Actuarial Standards Board=ASB;Actuarial ...

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    • Authors: Julie Curtis
    • Date: Feb 2018
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Private sector plans; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans
  • Pension Plan Asset Valuation Methods

    Pension Plan Asset Valuation Methods A discussion of the various Pension Plan Asset Valuation Methods. FromThe Pension Forum, August 2001, Volume 13, Issue No. 1. Asset valuation;Defined benefit ...

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    • Authors: Steven Haberman, MUHAMMAD IQBAL OWADALLY
    • Date: Aug 2001
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Pension Forum
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods