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<description><![CDATA[Latest threads from "Pensions"]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:11:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Security Survival...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65707837</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Interesting article: Quote: CAN SOCIAL SECURITY SURVIVE? Retiring minds want to know. Here are some educated guesses. Two Social Security-related questions seem to be on...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NJ Pension Insolvent, Other States Too...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65649009</link>
<description><![CDATA[ State of New Jersey Is Insolvent The state of New Jersey is insolvent. Bankrupt might be a better word. New Jersey is $60 billion in the hole on pension funding and the Governor is planning o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What's a 457(b)?...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65590373</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Why would an employer offer this and a 403(b) as well? And why does the non-profit industry get so many tax breaks? ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One-hundred largest corporate pensions lose $59 billion in funding...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65590370</link>
<description><![CDATA[ http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Pensions-Experience-Record-Asset-Loss/story.aspx?guid={87D2DDB4-1243-4B33-8099-F07A2F928A1D} Quote: One-hundred largest corporate pensi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Termination Benefit...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65529689</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A frozen plan document states as follows: Benefit upon Termination Distribution will begin under this section within a reasonable time which is administratively practical after a Terminate...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PPA benefit statments...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65466746</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Has anyone done the benefit statements under PPA? I am in need of a PPA benefit statements templet, It will be greatly appreciated if anyone can provide one or let me know where to get it.. T...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Average Fair Market Value question...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65466750</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When a sponsor elects to use (Average FMV within 10% corridor of FMV) + receivables, would contributions included in the adjusted fair market value be the 1/1 discounted value or 9/15 face value? ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Crybabies...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65466754</link>
<description><![CDATA[ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/...tdown_pensions [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_go_co/meltdown_pensions]> Boston Globe 11/12/08 Companies push Congress for pension relief ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quarterly Contribution question...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65466758</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When you compare 0.9*current year MRC vs. 100% * last year's MRC, do you simply compare two BOY numbers? Say I've determined two MRCs at 9/15/next year with some extra conservatism and rounding up...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to value variable bens under PPA?...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65400159</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I'd appreciate any advice on how to value variable bens under PPA. After retirement the benefit is RetBen * ((1+i)/1.04)^N. N = # years since retirement. i is the return on the fund(s) elected b...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FAS discount rate setting specifics...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65400162</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I'm looking for specific information published on how discount rates should be set under FAS. The original standards don't seem to give a lot of guidance, in particular I have some clients buildi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pension funds still gambling on stocks...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65259854</link>
<description><![CDATA[ http://www.financialpost.com/analysi...8-756443a91680 [http://www.financialpost.com/analysis/story.html?id=5a93baca-9964-4486-b718-756443a91680]> The following article includes quotes from 200...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How did we get here?...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65259849</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I attended the CCA conference this week, and for a fair portion of it I tried to step out of my practitioner role and just take it all in as an outsider might see it. It was not a good feeling. ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[prefunding balance...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65259856</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I have a question on my 2008 valuation. Im trying to calculate the Pre-funding balance as at 01/01/2009. For this we need to calculate the &quot;excess&quot; of actual 2008 contribution made over ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROB headline...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65259858</link>
<description><![CDATA[ http://www.reportonbusiness.com/serv.Business/Home [http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081029.wpension29/BNStory/Business/Home]> Discuss. ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cash Balance Plans - Crediting Rate vs Discount Rate...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65189919</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I could not figure out how to get this into a survey. For the cash balance plans you work on do you credit account balances using a fixed rate defined in the document or use a published rates lik...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Full Spot Rate Yield Curve...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65189920</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Does anyone have a link to the IRS Full Spot Rate Yield Curve for funding that can be easily pasted into Excel ? ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[pensions plan w/o actuaries...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65122402</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hypothetical: What if there was no such thing as actuaries. Would companies still be able to provide an equitable retirement package for employees? ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PPA Shortfall Exemption test; PFBal usage...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65122406</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I'd appreciate any advice on this: What is the amount of the Pre-Fund Bal to subtract from the assets when doing the Shortfall Exemption test? Assuming that some portion of the PFBal is used to ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[this lump sum doesn't seem kosher to me...please help...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/65122410</link>
<description><![CDATA[ have a plan that has normal form of 10y c&amp;l. lump sum always uses the deferred to age 65 annuity. so obv someone 56 with, say, 100/mo, has a lump sum of 100 * 12 * 9/a65_10 (symbols a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Simple' example illustrating problems with traditional &amp; financial economic models...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/64983558</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The following example illustrates problems both with the traditional actuarial model, and with the financial economics approach to determining the value of pension liabilities. To take a simple ex...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FAS 106 Question...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/64983560</link>
<description><![CDATA[ forget it. I decided to go back to excel ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quiz Question - Nondiscrimination Testing...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/64915793</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Suppose you have a DB and DC plan, both are safe harbor formulas, but cover mutually exclusive employee cohorts in a controlled groups (there are no other plans and all participants are in one pla...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[the future of DB plans...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/64915786</link>
<description><![CDATA[ had lunch with a couple grad school friends the other day...one is FSA/EA, the other is an exam shy of ASA. one thing we discussed of course was the current state of our economy, and that led to ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[missing turnover table info...]]></title>
<link>http://www.boardtracker.com/rss/thread/64785646</link>
<description><![CDATA[ somehow I'm missing 2 factors from a table a client has been using for awhile. I don't know the name of the table and haven't been able to locate it onlilne... the age 20 factor is .2485 ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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