Description: February issue of PSN

Description: Diverse Retirement

Description: The article compares the return characteristics, return, volatility, and correlation, to that of other possible selections as a DC safe option. It concludes that stable value is pareto superior to all other safe option candidates, and is therefore the optimal safe option.

Description: Article focuses on a number of strategies that can be used to improve results in a DC plan. It is based on information from several outside sources. It encourages people with DB backgrounds to learn more about DC issues.

Description: An Interview with Grace Lattyak concerning the more important recent activities undertaken and future projects to be addressed by the Pension Section Council.

Description: Living beyond ones life expectancy poses many challenges. Among them are financial issues. Though there are products and strategies available that retirees could use to mitigate this financial risk they are seldom used. Reasons range from high cost, lack of awareness of the available options, and general underestimation of longevity risk. This paper poses the question as to whether the federal government can provide a solution to this potential problem in a fair and cost efficient manner. Ideas are presented as well as a discussion of the pros and cons of such a program concept.

Description: Interview with Joseph Goodman, vice president at Compass Lexecon.

Description: Preview of 2017 retirement arena given US administration changes

Description: Catastrophic Shared Stop-Loss: Adapting Life Insurance to Meet Long-Term Care Needs

Description: Discussion of the merits of solvency versus going concern funding targets for pension plans, and the connection with different risk-sharing deals.