8R babble

[Ham and Cheese]

It's getting down to the wire with the exam and I'm looking for thoughts, suggestions, and any other relevent input that you are willing to share.

I'm all about playing the percentages at this point, so here are my thoughts.

* Last two years there were questions regarding SERP benefits and Social Security. I feel these two topics are probably given to show up again this year (especially SERP since its covered in the case study). You may not think this is a particularly insightful comment, but given the high percentage of points these questions have on the overall exam versus the relative small amount of material that is in the reading on these topics, it may be worth a re-read OR extra attention.

* Has anyone else noticed the high frequency of questions that either "Asset Allocations" or "Assumption critique" shows up on the exam? Not as a question by itself, but rather buried in several questions?

What about the rest of you? What do you feel is prime for questions?

[Chilango]

As long as 8R is not country-specific, there will be a lot of questions on themes that could apply to plans in the US or Canada, such as assumptions, asset allocation, and plan design. I would also look for a retiree medical question. Since the textbook on Pensions in the Public Sector is the only book that wasn't on the syllabus two years ago, there will very likely be a question on that, too.