The ASB recently adopted a final revision of ASOP No. 35, Selection of Demographic and Other Noneconomic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations, during its September meeting.Significant modifications from the current version of the ASOP include making the guidelines for a reasonable assumption consistent with the guidelines contained in ASOP No. 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations, and revising the guidance in the ASOP to require disclosure of rationale for assumption selection. The standard will be effective for any actuarial work product with a measurement date on or after June 30, 2015. Earlier adoption of the standard is encouraged. The final revision of ASOP No. 35 can be viewed in the “Soon-to-be Effective ASOPs” section under the “Standards of Practice” tab.
