Gender is a vital piece of information when measuring pension plan longevity risk, according to a new report by the OPSEU Pension Trust, Eckler Ltd. and Club Vita.

The report analyzed Club Vita’s Canadian pension plan dataset and established multi-factor modelling techniques to develop gender-neutral mortality tables, which were compared against standard gender-specific mortality tables to evaluate the differences in capturing individual plan mortality experience and the resulting funding........

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