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Modernizing the U.S. Retirement System: It Takes a Village

Advisor Magazine
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 08/01/2018
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Academy in the News

Modernizing the U.S. Retirement System: It Takes a Village

Employee Benefit Research Institute
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 08/01/2018
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Academy Pension Forum Puts Spotlight on Bridging the Gap Between Retirement Policy and Reality

WASHINGTON—Retirement policy thought leaders speaking at the American Academy of Actuaries’ “Modernizing the U.S. Retirement System” forum in Washington today led a…
Date Published: 07/27/2018
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Academy in the News

Women and Their Retirement Future

Business Woman
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 07/02/2018
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Date Published: 06/05/2018
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Actuaries’ Use of Big Data Grows With New Applications to Insurance and Pension Risks

WASHINGTON—Big Data techniques and methods are increasingly being used to more effectively assess risks within insurance and pension and retirement systems, providing actuaries with powerful…
Date Published: 06/05/2018
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The retirement crisis next door

Sentinel & Enterprise (Mass.)
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/25/2018
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Academy’s ‘2018: Making Issues Count’ Website Provides Voters With Nonpartisan, Expert Information on Key Issues

WASHINGTON—As the political campaigns for the 2018 fall elections move into high gear after Memorial Day and candidates discuss their public policy positions during debates and in other…
Date Published: 05/24/2018
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Academy in the News

A fix everyone loves to hate for the $4 trillion retirement savings gap

Economic Times (India)
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/09/2018
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Date Published: 05/08/2018
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Committees Submit Comments on Third Exposure Draft of ASOP No. 4

The Pension Committee, Multiemployer Plans Committee, and Public Plans Committee submitted comments to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding the third exposure draft of Actuarial Standard of…
Date Published: 10/18/2021
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Comment / Letter

Comments from Committees on Third Exposure Draft of ASOP No. 4

Comments from the Pension Committee, Multiemployer Plans Committee, and Public Plans Committee to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding the third exposure draft of Actuarial Standard of Practice…
Date Published: 10/18/2021
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Issue Brief

Committee Releases Issue Brief on Degrees of Risk Sharing in New Retirement Plan Designs

The Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee published an issue brief examining issues pertaining to newer and novel plan designs as they relate to risk sharing between plan sponsors and…
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 10/15/2021
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Issue Brief on Degrees of Risk Sharing in New Retirement Plan Designs

Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee issue brief examining issues pertaining to newer and novel plan designs as they relate to risk sharing between plan sponsors and participants.  
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 10/15/2021
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Council Releases Update of 80% Pension Funding Myth Issue Brief

The Pension Practice Council (PPC) published an issue brief, The 80% Pension Funding Myth, which addresses a persistent misconception that pension plan health or soundness can be determined solely by…
Date Published: 10/06/2021
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Committee Comments on Future Standard-Setting Agenda of the FASB

The Pension Committee submitted comments in response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) June 2021 solicitation of stakeholder feedback on its future standard-setting agenda.
Topics: ASB Retirement
Date Published: 09/22/2021
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Comment Letter to FASB on Future Standard-Setting Agenda

Pension Committee comment letter responding to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) June 2021 Invitation to Comment on its future standard-setting agenda.  
Topics: ASB Retirement
Date Published: 09/22/2021
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Issue Brief Examines 2021 Social Security Trustees Report

The Social Security Committee released an issue brief on the 2021 Social Security Trustees Report examining the social insurance program’s long-term solvency issues.
Date Published: 09/20/2021
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Committee Publishes Issue Brief on COVID-19 Implications in Social Security Trustees Report

The Social Security Committee released an issue brief focusing on implications of COVID-19 reflected in the annual Trustees Reports from 2020 and 2021.
Date Published: 09/20/2021
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COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impact on Social Security Issue Brief

Social Security Committee issue brief examining COVID-19 implications reflected in the annual Trustees Reports from 2020 and 2021.  
Date Published: 09/20/2021
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