4th PBSS Colloquium

Key Deadlines

* For details about Requirements, Theme of the Colloquium, and 5 Key Theme and detailed Topics, please refer the followings.

SUBMISSION FORM

Please submit your Abstracts, Completed papers, Powerpoint slides by clicking the "SUBMISSION OF PAPERS" button below.
For Abstract and PowerPoint Slide, please use the below templates.
For application of papers and registration for PBSS Colloquim, JTB online system is employed.

Abstract Requirements

• Maximum 300 words
• Indicate the key theme and the title
• Include author(s), affiliation(s) and contact details for corresponding author
• Submit in English
• Do not include graphics or diagrams
• Define unfamiliar abbreviations and acronyms in full with first use

Completed Paper Requirements

Language:

English

Format:

PDF (*recommended), Word or Excel

Page Size:

Standard A4 (210 mm by 297 mm) or Letter Size excluding reference materials.

Body:

Body should start with Abstract, and should be between 10 and 20 pages in length (including Abstract).

*Authors are responsible for resubmitting the revised Abstract if you change it after submitting their Completed Paper.

PowerPoint Slide Requirements

Language:

English

Format:

PDF (*recommended) or PowerPoint

The number of slides:

The number of slides should not exceed 30 pages. (These slides will be printed and handed out to the colloquium participants. Authors are required to follow the page limitation.)

On the "Submission of Abstracts & Revision of Submission" in SUBMISSION FORM, select "Abstract No.1" for Abstract, "No.2" for Completed Paper and "No.3" for Power-point Slides by clicking "SUBMIT" button respectively.

Theme of the Colloquium

Actuarial Management of Pensions and Social Security
- Past, Present and Future -

The 4th PBSS Colloquium will be held on Oct. 4-6 2009 in Tokyo hosted by the Japanese Society of Certified Pension Actuaries.

The low fertility, the ageing population and the maturing economy caused the social security pension systems in many countries to encounter great hardship in the 1990s. The retirement benefit systems including corporate pension systems also encountered great hardship due to the 2000-02 perfect storm. The governments made various social security pension and retirement benefit reforms to achieve the systems' sustainability, including reforms of the benefits, contributions and financing to overcome such difficulties in many countries.

At this Colloquium the participants will bring their knowledge and experiences together and discuss what they have done, what they are doing and what should be done in response to the recent serious challenges to the world economy and financial markets.

Papers are invited from all practice areas, including pensions, social security, investment, accounting for post employment benefits and consulting practice. Papers should be about 10- 20 pages and should be submitted electronically in standard word-processing format or in PDF form for approval by the Program Committee. Papers are in particular solicited on topics falling within the following 5 key themes:

5 Key Themes and detailed Topics

1. Social security and corporate pensions in Asia

• Characteristics and trend of social security and corporate pensions in each Asian country

2. Accounting for post employment benefits

• Accounting reforms; development of more transparent accounting and reporting standards for corporate pensions
• Actuarial profession in new accounting standards

3. Corporate (private) post employment benefits

• Enterprise Risk Management and pension plans
• Can DB plans survive? (The Decline in DB plans)
• Development and growth of hybrid and cash balance pensions
• Development of bulk buyouts of corporate pensions and mortality securities
• Annuity design innovations; development of risk sharing designs
• Delaying retirement

4. Investment of pension plan assets

• Investment strategy and tactics
• More investment choices in DC plans

5. Social security

• Pension coverage and income adequacy
• Financing the increased longevity and the low fertility
• Introduction of individual account in social security plan
• The development and growth of mandatory DC plans
• Practice of notional accounts for social security

Papers are not restricted by these detailed topics listed above, and the relating topics are welcomed.