Ted Goldman, Senior Pension Fellow, testimony before the U.S. Department of Labor's Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans on "Lifetime Income Solutions as a Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA) - Focus on Decumulation and Rollovers." Read Goldman's testimony and presentation slides.
()Capitol hill briefing presentation on lifetime income, highlighting public policy options and tools.()
Academy Essential Elements paper on lifetime income, highlighting the challenges that workers face in planning for the risk that they may live longer in retirement than expected, and outlining public policy approaches to help future retirees secure and manage their lifetime income. Essential Elements is a series designed to make actuarial analyses of public policy issues clearer to general audiences.
Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee issue brief on the role of U.S. tax policy in retirement security.()
Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee issue brief on state-based initiatives to expand retirement coverage among workers who do not have access to employer-sponsored plans, and the alignment of these efforts with the Academy’s Retirement for the AGES principles.()
Pension Committee comment letter to the ERISA Advisory Council on the Annual Funding Notice Under ERISA Section 101(f).()
Intersector Group notes of its September 2016 meeting with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service.()
Intersector Group notes of its September 2016 meeting with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).()
Intersector Group meeting notes excerpt regarding Form 5500 clarifications from its September 2016 meeting with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service.()
Pension Committee comments to U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Susan Collins on efforts to encourage open multiple employer plans.
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Lifetime Income Risk Joint Task Force comment letter to the Department of Labor concerning proposals for increasing retiree income options, with a focus on additional safe harbors that encourage delivering lifetime income.
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Pension Committee comment letter on the decision by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to limit the pension actuaries’ potential to interact with IRS actuaries and other experienced employee-benefits personnel.
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Pension Committee comment letter to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) expressing appreciation for proposed regulations providing a reduction or partial waiver of the penalty due upon the late payment of premiums to the single employer and multiemployer insurance programs.
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Intersector Group notes of its March 2016 meeting with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).()
Intersector Group notes of its March 2016 meeting with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. ()
Senior Pension Fellow Ted Goldman comments to the Senate Finance Committee on its hearing, “The Multiemployer Pension Plan System: Recent Reforms and Current Challenges.”
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Intersector Group notes of its September 2015 meeting with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
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Intersector Group notes of its September 2015 meeting with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service.
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Pension Practice Council comments to the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service regarding final regulations concerning Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs) and their advantages.()
Lifetime Income Risk Joint Task Force issue brief in the Risky Business series exploring legislative and regulatory approaches that emphasize financial literacy and education for prospective retirees, refocusing plan design on lifetime income needs, and refocusing federal retirement policies to support lifetime income needs.()
