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Academy Webinar

A Look at the GASB’s Preliminary Views on Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers

Thursday, July 15, 2010
12 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

How will the new pension accounting standards affect you?

The American Academy of Actuaries’ Pension Practice Council is presenting a webinar on July 15 about the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s recently released Preliminary Views on Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers.

Panelists will discuss several aspects of the GASB document along with an overview of the GASB’s progress on the Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting research project. This event is co-sponsored by the Conference of Consulting Actuaries.

Speakers

The speakers include:

Bill Hallmark, MAAA, EA, ASA, FCA
Member, Academy Public Plans Subcommittee
Jim Rizzo, MAAA, EA, ASA, FCA
Member, Academy Public Plans Subcommittee
Moderator: Kim Nicholl, MAAA, EA, FSA, FCA
Member, Academy Public Plans Subcommittee

Registration

Registration fee is $75.00 per site. Instructions on how to request a certificate of attendance will be available during the webinar.

Webcast resources

Audio
Slides
Read the GASB’s news release on its Preliminary Views on Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers.
Read the Academy’s news release with observations by Senior Pension Fellow Frank Todisco on the GASB release.
Read the response of the Academy’s Pension Practice Council to the GASB’s initial request for comments in August 2009.

CE credit

The American Academy of Actuaries believes in good faith that your attendance at this live pension webinar, “A Look at the GASB’s Preliminary Views on Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers,” constitutes an “organized activity” under the current U.S. Qualification Standards.

JBEA CPE Credit

The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (JBEA) has approved the Academy as a qualifying sponsor of continuing professional education (CPE) programs for enrolled actuaries.

If you are an enrolled actuary, the Academy believes in good faith that you may earn 1.2 CPE non-core credits under the JBEA rules for attending this live webcast. However, the JBEA ultimately determines what constitutes core and non-core continuing education and the number of CPE credit hours allocated to same for enrolled actuaries. During the live webinar, instructions will be given to attendees on the process for obtaining certificates of attendance.

Questions?

For technical questions about registration, please contact Webex customer support at 1-866-229-3239 or by e-mail at support@webex.com.
For other types of assistance with this webinar, please contact Philip Hafler at (202) 223-8196 or hafler@actuary.org.
For other pension questions, e-mail the Academy’s Pension Policy Analyst Jessica Thomas at pension@actuary.org.

Contingencies

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