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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Issue Brief
Pension Committee Publishes Issue Brief on Church-Sponsored Retirement Plans
The Pension Committee released an issue brief, Church-Sponsored Retirement Plans—Overview and Considerations. This issue brief discusses the broad range of church plans and practices. Among other…
Topics: Retirement
Intersector Group Releases September Meeting Notes
The collaborative U.S.-based actuarial organizations’ Intersector Group released notes from its September meetings with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the IRS and U.S. Department of…
Topics: Retirement
Policy Paper
Committee Releases Issue Paper on Social Security and Financially Disadvantaged Groups
The Social Security Committee released an issue paper, Social Security and Financially Disadvantaged Groups, focusing on how benefits received by different groups are shaped by features of the…
Issue Brief
Issue Brief: Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later
Social Security’s combined trust fund reserves are projected to become depleted around 2034,1 at which time its income would be able to pay only 80% of the benefits scheduled for its 80 million…
Issue Brief
Issue Brief: Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later
Social Security’s combined trust fund reserves are projected to become depleted around 2034,1 at which time its income would be able to pay only 80% of the benefits scheduled for its 80 million…Issue Brief on Social Security Notes That Time Is of the Essence
The Social Security Committee released an issue brief, Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later, which notes that earlier reform action would allow for tax increases and benefit reductions…
Comment / Letter
Committees Comment to PBGC on Valuation Assumptions and Methods
The Pension Committee and Multiemployer Plans Committee responded to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) request for comments regarding the proposed rule on Valuation Assumptions and…
Topics: Pension Funding
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on Secure 2.0 Reporting and Disclosure
The Pension Committee submitted comments in response to the Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration’s (EBSA) Request for Information on a number of SECURE 2.0 provisions…Committee Publishes Issue Brief on Social Security Assumptions
The Social Security Committee released an issue brief, Assumptions Used to Evaluate Social Security’s Financial Condition. The issue brief describes the assumptions that must be made in any…
Issue Brief