Retirement
The Academy’s Retirement Practice Council (RPC) is a trusted source of expertise for policymakers and regulators tackling important policies regarding Social Security, public and private pension plans, other retirement benefits and investment strategies, and related lifetime security policy issues.
The RPC provides clear and objective technical guidance to help create a future of security and stability for U.S. organizations and retirees.
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Multiemployer Pension Plans
Multiemployer plans’ funding, financial reporting, financial risks, and plan design.
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Pension Accounting and Finance
Financial reporting for retirement plans, including updates from national and international accounting standards bodies, policy changes, and new regulations.
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Public Pension Plans
State and local government employee benefit plans’ funding, financial reporting, financial risks, design, and actuarial standards of practice related to public plans.
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Retirement Policy
Long term retirement policy, including the effects of legislation and regulations on retirement benefits, and emerging issues affecting retirement plans.
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Social Security
Financial sustainability and other topics related to the Social Security program.
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Retirement Resources
Committee Notes from Meeting with Treasury, Labor, and PBGC
Notes from the Multiemployer Plans Committee meeting on Feb. 23, 2018 with officials of the Treasury and Labor departments, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to discuss applications by…
Comment / Letter
Academy Comments to ASB on ASOPs 4, 27, and 35
Pension Committee, Public Plans Committee and Multiemployer Plans Committee comment letter to ASB on exposure drafts of proposed revisions to ASOPs 4, 24, and 35.
Topics: ASB
Issue Brief
An Actuarial Perspective on the 2018 Social Security Trustees Report
Social Security Committee issue brief on 2018 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the…Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans Hearing “The History and Structure of the Multiemployer Pension System” Responses for the Record
Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans Hearing “The History and Structure of the Multiemployer Pension System” Responses for the Record Ted Goldman, Senior Pension…
Issue Brief
Social Security — Automatic Adjustments
al Security Committee issue brief examining automatic adjustment options to address Social Security’s financial challengesLoan Programs for Underfunded Multiemployer Plans
Multiemployer Plans Committee issue brief discussing the costs and risks associated with multiemployer loan programs, and the ways in which these programs could benefit troubled plans and their…
Topics: Retirement
Presentation
Capitol Hill Briefing Presentation—Making Retirement Income Last a Lifetime: Public Policy Options and Practical Tools
tol hill briefing presentation on lifetime income, highlighting public policy options and tools
Policy Paper
Essential Elements: Income to Last a Lifetime
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…
Issue Brief
The Pension Protection Act: Successes, Shortcomings, and Opportunities for Improvement
Pension Committee issue brief that analyzes the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) and its subsequent amendments against the principles underlying funding reform.
Topics: Retirement