The Big Chill

By Society of Actuaries · 2025 · RET101-121-25

A study note in the Society of Actuaries' RET 101 Retirement Plan Design syllabus, code RET101-121-25, titled "The Big Chill". The course strategy guide says it discusses unique governance issues that arise following a defined benefit plan freeze, and groups it with the readings on plan freezes and pension risk transfer.

On the syllabus

Exam RET-101 — RET101-121-25; outcomes 4a-4n.

Contents unavailable The syllabus says study notes are not available electronically but are sold through the SOA's online store, and the article this note reproduces could not be identified, so no author or text was found. This page records its citation and assignment from the syllabus.

Sources

RET 101 Introductory Study Note, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the study-note code RET101-121-25 and its title "The Big Chill"; no former code is listed; the SOA is named as author and publisher because no other author is given, and the year 2025 is the one in the note's code, since the syllabus prints none
RET 101 Syllabus, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the reading (RET101-121-25: The Big Chill) and its learning outcomes
RET 101 Course Strategy Guide, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the guide's description of the reading as discussing unique governance issues that arise following a DB plan freeze