Commentary Archives | International Actuarial, Investment & Economic Research

2013 Issues:		Back to Top
2013 April	Sustainable Population Strategy for Singapore
2013 March	Social Security Financial Projections: Uncertainty & Sensitivity
2013 February	Global Health Statistical Indicators
2013 January	World Health Statistics

2012 Issues:		Back to Top
2012 December	Assessment of Income and Wealth Inequality
2012 November	2013: International Year of Statistics
2012 Sept./Oct.	United Nations Commission on Trade and Development
2012 August	Proposed Expansion of US Social Security
2012 July	Expanding Role for Chinese Renminbi
2012 June	Progress with Infant Mortality in Africa
2012 May	Revised Social Security Financial Projections
2012 April	World Bank Launches New Social Protection and Labor Strategy
2012 March	The People's Pension
2012 February	Where is the Public Debate on National Retirement Income Policy?
2012 January	The Challenge of Lifetime Income Management

2011 Issues:		Back to Top
2011 December	OECD Issues Economic Outlook and Calls for Corrective Actions
2011 November	IMF Warning on Global Financial Stability
2011 October	United Nations 66th Anniversary
2011 September	An Age of Anxiety in the Financial World
2011 August	The Social Security Trust Fund: The Lent or Spent Dilemma
2011 July	The US Social Security Trust Fund
2011 June	United States Social Security: Cash Flow Adequacy Test
2011 May	Policy Responses for Ageing Societies
2011 April	A Global Ageing Society: Challenges and Policy Responses
2011 March	Appeal for a National Retirement Income Policy
2011 February	Social Security Financing Policy Reconsidered
2011 January	Social Security Reform Proposals

2010 Issues:		Back to Top
2010 December	Social Security Solvency and Sustainability
2010 November	The Global Financial Crisis
2010 October	Global Extension of Social Security
2010 September	Social Security Financial Projections
2010 August	Social Security Back in the Spotlight
2010 July	The G-20 Toronto Commitments
2010 June	Global Financial Stability
2010 May	The Recovering Global Economy from an Asian Perspective
2010 April	International Monetary Policy Cooperation
2010 March	A Global Perspective on Aging Societies
2010 February	The Direction of Financial Reform
2010 January	The Singapore Central Provident Fund

2009 Issues:		Back to Top
2009 December	The Legacies of John Maynard Keynes and Deng Xiaoping
2009 November	Economic Recovery in Asia
2009 October	A 175-year History of Statistics and Statisticians
2009 September	The IMF and World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program
2009 August	Strategies for Global Economic Recovery
2009 July	Asian Economic Outlook
2009 June	Retirement Age from the Viewpoint of Economic and Social Policy
2009 May	Infrastructure Development in Africa
2009 April	New Focus on Role of Global Reserve Currency
2009 March	Geopolitical Implications of the Financial Crisis
2009 February	The Employment Imperative
2009 January	Global Gender Gap

2008 Issues:		Back to Top
2008 December	G20 Declaration on Financial Markets and World Economy
2008 November	Redesigning the US Social Security System
2008 October	Après Dégringolade?
2008 September	A View from the Treasury: Part Five
2008 August	Globalization and the Nation-State
2008 July	The Humanitarian Missions of NGOs and QUANGOs
2008 June	A View from the Treasury: Part Four
2008 May	Boston International Actuarial Colloquium
2008 April	Social Security: New Topics for Consideration Children; Immigration; and Improved Solvency
2008 March	The Challenge of Universal Health Care
2008 February	A View from the Treasury: Part Three
2008 January	A View from the Treasury: Part Two

2007 Issues:		Back to Top
2007 December	Social Security and Pension Trends: Five Country Case Studies
2007 November	A View from the Treasury: Part One
2007 October	The United Nations and Its Agencies
2007 September	The International Labour Organization
2007 August	A Social Security System for South Africa
2007 July	World Health Organization
2007 June	The United Nations: A New Direction
2007 May	The European Union
2007 April	Financial Economics: A Wake-up Call
2007 March	Social and Economic Security: Fairness for Women
2007 February	Emerging Economic Power Shifts
2007 January	Social Security Reform Options

2006 Issues:		Back to Top
2006 December	World Trade Organization
2006 November	The World Bank
2006 October	International Monetary Fund
2006 September	Principle of Actuarial Uncertainty
2006 August	Global Economic and Social Security in Old-Age
2006 July	United Kingdom Pension Reform
2006 June	Exposure-Related Investment Metrics
2006 May	Alpha Beta Investment Management Strategies
2006 April	Risk Assessment and Climate Change
2006 March	Longevity Risk Management
2006 February	A Critical Review of the Actuarial Profession
2006 January	Japan Arising

2005 Issues:		Back to Top
2005 December	Ahead of the Yield Curve
2005 November	World Leaders Learn from Finland
2005 October	New China: A Myriad of Impressions
2005 September	A View from the Bank
2005 August	Liability Driven Investment Strategies (Continued)
2005 July	Liability Driven Investment Strategies
2005 June	Politics and Privatization of Social Security
2005 May	China's Inexorable Economic Ascendancy
2005 April	Social Security: Semantics and Subterfuges
2005 March	PBGC at Risk
2005 February	Morris Review of the Actuarial Profession
2005 January	Asset Liability Management Principles

2004 Issues:		Back to Top
2004 December	Missa Solemnis for Pensions
2004 November	The Ten-Trillion-Dollar Solution for Social Security
2004 October	Economic Security, the Ownership Society & Social Security
2004 September	Global Demographic Trends: A Older and Wiser
2004 August	In Search of a National Pension Policy
2004 July	The Outlook for Social Security: A Second Opinion
2004 June	The Promise of Enterprise Risk Management
2004 May	Social Security Reform? A Bad Lessons from Sweden
2004 April	Social Security Update on Solvency and Sustainability
2004 March	Economics and Pensions
2004 February	Save the Whales
2004 January	The $68 Trillion Question

2003 Issues:		Back to Top
2003 December	Social Security Issues
2003 November	European Economic and Investment Outlook
2003 October	Japan: A Land of Rising Expectations
2003 September	Global Spotlight on China
2003 August	Requiem for Stock Options
2003 July	Lessons from Abroad
2003 June	Social Security Goes Stochastic
2003 May	The Case for Defined Benefit Pension Plans
2003 April	Reinventing Accounting
2003 March	Rethinking Laws and Regulations for Defined Benefit Pension Plans
2003 February	Developments at the SEC and PBGC
2003 January	International Perspectives

2002 Issues:		Back to Top
2002 December	Social Security Debate Resumes
2002 November	A Critical Time for 401(k) Plans
2002 October	Sarbanes-Oxley and the Path To Reform
2002 September	Alternative Investment Opportunities
2002 August	Unfulfilled Promises and Unfinished Business
2002 July	40-year Solvency for Social Security
2002 June	Some Steps in the Right Direction
2002 May	Stock Option Awards As Corporate Expense
2002 April	Social Security Strengthens Solvency
2002 March	Pension Income and Executive Compensation
2002 February	Social Security: Time for Debate