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ActuarialOutpost Generating the PPA2008 qs  
12:46 1-May-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 223]    By: Unnamed
i am trying to recreate the qs of the PPA2008 mortality table and can't quite match. has anyone tried doing this, and if so, were you successful? i don't know what i'm doing wrong. tia. ...
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ActuarialOutpost PPA workshops  
10:24 1-May-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 249]    By: Unnamed
Coming soon - the 2008 edition of the "Rick and Larry Show" I have attached two PDF files: the registration form, and an overview of the workshops. The Los Angeles location is almost...
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ActuarialOutpost Three-Segment Rates Under PPA  
13:52 27-Apr-08   [Replies: 7, Views: 223]    By: Unnamed
Can anyone explain how the 3-segment rates are determined from the full 200-point monthly yield curve? ...
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ActuarialOutpost Is Pension Work Boring?  
00:53 26-Apr-08   [Replies: 37, Views: 2039]    By: Unnamed
I know that the answer to this question will vary based on what excites people... I'm a relatively new actuary that has been working in pensions for a couple years, passed some exams, but am ver...
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ActuarialOutpost How do you check a valuation?  
10:11 24-Apr-08   [Replies: 11, Views: 588]    By: Unnamed
I've been doing these for 15 years and am pretty comfortable with my methodology, although I think I tend to be a bit on the casual side as to what I check. I do about 35-40 valuations per year, ...
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ActuarialOutpost Proposed regulation - Quarterly contributions  
21:55 21-Apr-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 197]    By: Unnamed
Just in case you're interested, here is the neatly formatted (three column) version from the April 15, 2008 Federal Register (18 pages) [http://benefitslink.com/taxregs/08-1133.pdf]>. ...
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ActuarialOutpost PAs and Flexible Pension Plans  
03:35 21-Apr-08   [Replies: 1, Views: 278]    By: Unnamed
I'm currently studying for CSP RC and was wondering if I could get some clarification regarding a discrepancy in Canadian Pensions and Retirement Income Planning 3rd Edition by Watson Wyatt. Secti...
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ActuarialOutpost quarterlies for merged plan  
09:12 18-Apr-08   [Replies: 7, Views: 247]    By: Unnamed
Does anyone have any experience with this situation? Let's say two plans A and B exist at 1/1/2007, and we have the following: Plan A: Fully funded at 1/1/2007, exempt from quarterly contribution...
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ActuarialOutpost PBGC Mortality Table  
14:53 17-Apr-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 194]    By: Unnamed
Are you guys using the same mortality table used in your funding assumptions(Combined Static, Static, or Generational) to calculate unfunded vested liability for PBGC purposes? Any links confi...
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ActuarialOutpost False Alarm Article by Dr. Irwin Kellner on Yahoo Finance  
13:28 17-Apr-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 558]    By: Unnamed
A Report today in the finance section of Yahoo seems to call Actuaies a bunch of alarmists. http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-retir...nt-preparation [http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-retirement/art...
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ActuarialOutpost help with commutations  
10:20 16-Apr-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 173]    By: Unnamed
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ActuarialOutpost QDRO and MDIB  
17:00 14-Apr-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 254]    By: Unnamed
i'm pretty sure i know the answer, but i was wondering if there is some loophole. situation: alternate payee is selecting a child as the beneficiary. had this been the participant, the 100% ...
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ActuarialOutpost PPA - Amortization of funding shortfall  
16:32 11-Apr-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 327]    By: Unnamed
Hi guys, Two questions about the minimal funding requirement: At the beginning of 2008, plan A has Asset value = 85 Funding Target = 100 NC = 5 and no credit balance Ignoring the...
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ActuarialOutpost Projected Unit Credit Method  
15:50 11-Apr-08   [Replies: 28, Views: 1202]    By: Unnamed
What is it? How the funding target calculated for a DB or Cash Balance plan found using the PUC method? I couldn't find a good reference on the AO or net on this method hence my question. ...
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ActuarialOutpost Presumptive Method - Multiemployer Plans  
17:44 8-Apr-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 139]    By: Unnamed
What do you do if you have a withdrawing employer and you have alternating positive and negative amounts of multiemployer unfunded benefits? This is under the presumptive method (not the modif...
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ActuarialOutpost 415 dollar limit benefit adjusted for prior distribution  
17:02 7-Apr-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 233]    By: Unnamed
If I have a participant who had a prior distribution taken as an annuity of $10,000 a year back in 1993. The participant was rehired and accrued the maximum benefit. His benefit is high enough t...
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ActuarialOutpost Saving Public Pension Plans: Prospects for Real Reform  
18:21 3-Apr-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 670]    By: Unnamed
Author Philip Martin McCaulay has published Saving Public Pension Plans: Prospects for Real Reform. The book develops new methods to make public plans actuarially sound. The book is available in p...
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ActuarialOutpost Civil service pensions with benefit subgroups  
08:40 3-Apr-08   [Replies: 1, Views: 108]    By: Unnamed
Sorry if this might be a little basic but I don't spend much time doing pension work. Has anyone come across civil service pension schemes that offer different levels of benefits to sub-groups...
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ActuarialOutpost Quarterlies and FUnding Deficiency  
08:16 3-Apr-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 340]    By: Unnamed
I have a silly question on quarterlies. The quarterly contribution is based on 0.25*Min(100% PY Min Reqd Contri, 90% Curr Yr Min Reqd Contr at BOY). In my case, the quarterlies work ou...
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ActuarialOutpost IASB phase 1 project - pensions  
12:05 2-Apr-08   [Replies: 11, Views: 709]    By: Unnamed
I thought this [http://eifrs.iasb.org/eifrs/files/49/dp_amendments%20to%20ias%2019_website_163.pdf]> might be of interest. There are continued rumours that the FASB will simply vanish in a few ye...
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ActuarialOutpost Credit Balances  
15:54 31-Mar-08   [Replies: 8, Views: 211]    By: Unnamed
Confused a bit here about how to walk a credit balance forward... Does the credit balance cease to exist after 2008? Basically, which one of these scenarios will hold true at the end of 2008 ...
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ActuarialOutpost Good PPA Websites  
09:23 28-Mar-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 286]    By: Unnamed
I've researched a lot of PPA info, but want to make sure I'm not overlooking something. What websites do you use to get your ppa guidance? Any really helpful ones? ...
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ActuarialOutpost calculating blended mortality  
18:17 27-Mar-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 111]    By: Unnamed
is this typically done by weighting qx values or lx values? i.e. is one methodology preferred over the other? ...
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ActuarialOutpost AFTAP certification  
12:06 26-Mar-08   [Replies: 30, Views: 1165]    By: Unnamed
1/1/2008 plan year Valuation for this plan year still not completed. 2007 numbers look good. (1/1/2007 assets)/(1/1/2007 RPA CL) = about 93%. What happens if we don't certify by A...
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ActuarialOutpost Family law research re use of PBGC rates  
15:26 25-Mar-08   [Replies: 13, Views: 436]    By: Unnamed
I do a lot of family law work (valuing pension benefits on a fair market value basis for people going through a divorce). I spoke with an actuary at the PBGC a while back who told me there were t...
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