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Reading list for FCIA Syllabus – Retirement benefits track
Supporting the FCIA exam focused on the specialized retirement benefits track, this comprehensive reading list will provide you with the ideal study material to prepare for earning your FCIA designation.
Guidance for Assumptions for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations Update – Effective September 30, 2024, and Applicable to Valuations with Effective Dates On or After September 30, 2024, and No Later Than June 29, 2025 – Explanatory Report
The Committee on Pension Plan Financial Reporting is issuing this explanatory report to provide members with additional information and details on the analysis done for the guidance outlined in the educational note supplement dated October 29, 2024, which was issued […]
Guidance for Assumptions for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations Update – Effective September 30, 2024, and Applicable to Valuations with Effective Dates on or after September 30, 2024, and no later than June 29, 2025
The PPFRC has conducted its quarter-end review of group annuity pricing conditions as at September 30, 2024, and recommended to the Actuarial Guidance Council assumptions for hypothetical wind-up and solvency valuations with effective dates on or after September 30, 2024 […]
Proposed changes to Old Age Security require robust financial analysis
The CIA submits comments to the federal government on the proposal to increase Old Age Security payments to individuals between the ages of 65 and 74 by 10%. The CIA urges the federal government to undertake a careful and comprehensive […]
Quinquennial Review of Standards of Practice Part 1000 – General Standards – Exposure Draft
This exposure draft outlines the proposed changes to Part 1000, and it requests feedback on the revisions as part of the formal due process for amending the Standards of Practice.
Principles in the Design of an Optimal Retirement Income Security System
This research paper proposes how to build stable, achievable benefits with high probability of success, exploring concepts such as optimal private-sector pension design and fully funded models. Discover how these principles can drive positive change and strengthen the future of […]
Assumptions for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations with Effective Dates on or after June 30, 2024, and no later than June 29, 2025
This educational note provides guidance on assumptions to be used for hypothetical wind-up and solvency valuations for the second half of 2024 and the first half of 2025.
Comments to the Ontario Ministry of Finance on Target Benefits
The CIA submitted comments to the Ontario Ministry of Finance on draft regulations to support the implementation of a permanent framework for target benefit plans.
Review of Standards of Practice with Respect to Commuted Values Under Target Pension Arrangements in the Case of a Full or Partial Wind-up – Notice of Intent
This notice of intent (NOI) outlines changes under consideration during this review and requests feedback on the proposed revisions as part of the formal due process for amending the actuarial standards of practice.
Guidance for Assumptions for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations Update – Effective June 30, 2024, and Applicable to Valuations with Effective Dates on or after June 30, 2024, and no later than June 29, 2025 – Educational Note Supplement
The Committee on Pension Plan Financial Reporting has conducted its quarter-end review of group annuity pricing conditions as at June 30, 2024, and recommended to the Actuarial Guidance Council assumptions for hypothetical wind-up and solvency valuations with effective dates on […]