Description: This article summarizes the Wharton Conference focusing on retirement policy and changing retirement policy. From Pension Section News, September 2004, Issue No. 56.

Description: The Pension Section has taken on additional responsibilities as the SOA continues its reorganization of sections and practice areas. From Pension Section News, January 2005, Issue No. 57.

Description: This article reveals the results of a survey by the Pension Section Research Team showing that U.S. Social Security reform is a diverse issue for actuaries. From Pension Section News, April 2006, No. 61.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, September 2006, No. 62, is the Chairperson's Corner highlighting the work of the Pension Section on the issue of retirement. Specifically, the article hightlights Retirement 20/20 and the Re-envisioning Work and Retirement in the 21st Century symposium.

Description: This article discusses the risk of declining market cap with large pension obligations and focuses on the pension risk from the standpoint of different companies. Specifically, we’ll examine risk based on the relative size of the pension obligation to the market capitalization of the plan sponsor. From Pension Section News, September 2006, No. 62.

Description: EMILY KESSLER’S SUMMARY OF THE 2007 CONFERENCE

Description: In February 2008, the American Academy of Actuaries and and the Society of Actuaries Pension Section Council co-sponsored a lively roundtable discussion of the role of funding, disclosure and investment for public pension plans. This article presents the author’s observations and interpretations of the roundtable discussion.

Description: In Pension Dumping: The Reasons, the Wreckage, the Stakes for Wall Street the reviewer finds that Fran Hawthorne provides guidance through the myriad of ERISA rules, PBGC regulations, bankruptcy laws, and investor expectations that have failed to prevent, and have perhaps even have contributed to, many high profile plan terminations. From the Pension Section News, September 2008, Issue No. 68.

Description: Table accompanying the article A Guide to Surfing the New Pension Section Web Pages which provides links to various research papers and other resources offered on the Pension Section web pages

Description: Marcus Robertson gives us a rundown of key results from the recent survey conducted by the Pension Section Council’s Communications Team.