SOA精算师考试:北美November2003Course8RU(Part 2)

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  Lump Sum
  The other provisions of the plan are the same as those in the NOC Full-Time Hourly
  Union Pension Plan.
  DC ERP
  Employee Contributions: Voluntary
  Matching Employer contributions: 100% match on the first 3% of employee
  contributions
  Form of Benefit: Lump sum or periodic pension
  (a) Critique the design of the new plans from the perspective of NOC.
  (b) Critique the design of the new plans from the perspective of the hourly union
  employees.
  (c) Assess the current hourly plan asset allocation for the new DB plan.
  (d) Describe the considerations in setting investment options to be offered to
  participants in the DC ERP.
  (e) Predict the socio-economic effects of the change in the law in Vosne.
 
  COURSE 8: Fall 2003 -5- GO TO NEXT PAGE
  Retirement Benefits,
  Comprehensive Segment – U.S.
  Morning Session
  All Questions pertain to the Case Study5. (6 points) NOC has just established a global subsidiary. Employees of the subsidiary
  include transferred NOC employees and third-country nationals.
  (a) Explain the issues affecting a retirement benefit policy for permanent and
  temporary transfers between countries.
  (b) Assuming that global comparability of retirement benefits is a corporate
  objective, describe the issues NOC must consider.
 
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  Retirement Benefits,
  Comprehensive Segment – U.S.
  Morning Session
  All Questions pertain to the Case Study
  6. (10 points) NOC’s CEO has proposed an asset mix policy for the Full-Time Hourly
  Union Pension Plan to achieve the following objectives:
  ?  Minimize short-term volatility of the company’s pension expense.
  ?  Minimize the long-term cost of the plan.
  Proposed Asset Mix Policy
  Domestic Equities (mostly oil companies) 60%
  International Equities 5%
  Domestic Fixed Income (short & medium-term
  treasuries)
  20%
  Real Estate 15%
  (a) Critique the proposed asset mix policy.
  (b) You are going to perform an asset liability study for the NOC Full-Time Hourly
  Union Pension Plan. Describe the inputs you would need and the process you
  would undertake.
  (c) Explain how the output of your asset liability study would be used to recommend
  and justify an asset mix policy to the CEO.
 
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  Retirement Benefits,
  Comprehensive Segment – U.S.
  Afternoon Session
  All Questions pertain to the Case Study
  7. (8 points) NOC is acquiring TechCo, a private company in the country of Xanadu.
  Xanadu has similar tax and pension legislation rules to Vosne, with the following
  exceptions:
  ?  Employees can contribute up to $5,000 per year to a DB ERP and $5,000 per year to
  a DC ERP.
  ?  Employee contributions are tax-deductible to the individual.
  ?  Investment earnings on the employee contributions are not taxable until withdrawn.
  ?  There are no PPAs.
  Xanadu sponsors the following government-provided retirement income program:
  ?  Both employees and employers contribute 5% of pay every year.
  ?  The pension provided at retirement is equal to 50% of the best 3-year average
  earnings, provided the contributory period was at least 30 years. A proportionately
  reduced benefit is provided if less than 30 years of contributions were made to the
  program.
  ?  Eligibility for a pension is age 62.
  ?  The pension is reduced by 5% per year that the retirement age precedes age 67.
  TechCo did not provide either a DB ERP or a DC ERP.
  (a) Evaluate the appropriateness of NOC establishing an ERP for the salaried
  employees of TechCo.
  (b) NOC’s VP of Human Resources is proposing a plan with the same provisions as
  the Full-Time Salaried Pension Plan. Critique this proposal.
  (c) Recommend
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