• Actuarial Valuation Basics (PDF)
  
  
• Understanding an Actuarial Valuation Report (PDF)

• Guide To Retirement Benefit Calculations (PDF)

2007 Emerging Issues Forum: "Financing Retirement Costs: The Future Isn't As Cheap As It Used To Be"

• Forum Agenda (PDF)

• Speaker Biographies (PDF)

• The National Pension Crisis
  • Dan Sherman (PDF)
  • Barbara Ware (PDF)
  • Steve Ricci (PDF)
  • Jim Lamenzo (PDF)

• Revisiting GASB45
  • Charlie Cahill and Tom Vicente (PDF)
  • Larry Stone (PDF)
  • Marc Waldman (PDF)

• Internal Control Questionnaire (PDF)
  
  
• The Audit Cycle & Findings (Fall 2004) (PDF)
  
  
• Understanding an Audit Report (PDF)

• The Annual Statement 2007 (PDF)
  
  
• The Sample Annual Statement 2007 (PDF)
  
  
• Preparing the Annual Statement 2007 (PDF)
  

• The Accidental & Ordinary Disability Retirement Process (PDF)
  
  
• The CME/RTS Process (PDF)
  
  
• Disability Retirement: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

• HRD Medical Standards & Essential Duties for Firefighters (PDF)
  
  
• HRD Medical Standards & Essential Duties for Police Officers (PDF)

• The Competitive Bid Process (PDF)
  
  
• Fundamentals of Asset Allocation (PDF)
  
  
• An Overview of Hedge Funds (PDF)
  

• Selecting an Investment Manager/ The Basics of Securities Lending & Commission Recapture (PDF)
  
  
• Understanding Investments (PDF)

• What is Regular Compensation? What is the Impact of the Amendments to 840 CMR 15.03? (Spring 2006) (PDF)
  
  
• Regular Compensation Status of Certain Motor Vehicle Use (Spring 2006) (PDF)
  
  
• Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2005 and Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2005 (Spring 2006) (PDF)
  
  
• Richard Shafer vs CRAB: Contact PERAC for a copy of this decision
  
  
• Changes/Additions in Chapter 32 Since
  January 1, 2002 (Fall 2004) (PDF )
  
  
• Pension-Related Changes/Massachusetts General Laws & Federal Statutes: Part I (Fall 2004) (PDF)
  
  
• Pension-Related Changes/Massachusetts General Laws & Federal Statutes: Part II (Fall 2004) (PDF)

• Pension-Related Changes/Massachusetts General Laws & Federal Statutes: Part III (Fall 2004) (PDF)
  
  
• Technology, Confidentiality, and Public Records (PDF)
  
  
• Guide To Retirement Benefit Calculations (PDF)
  
  
• Massachusetts Public Records Law (PDF)
  
  
• Records Disposal Schedule (PDF)
  
  
• Pension Legal Issues (PDF)
  
  
• Practical Guide to the Conflict of Interest for Municipal Employees (PDF)
  
  
• PERAC Regulations: 840 CMR (PDF)
  
  
• Retirement for Public Employees in the Commonwealth (May, 2007) (PDF)