Around the world, aging populations are staining retirement systems. Both government and private retirement funds face significant challenges in providing individuals with a comfortable old age. Retirement industry participants are turning to new models, funding structures, and regulatory regimes to address these challenges. This eCourse provides a high-level overview of the retirement industry and highlights the key challenges participants face, as well as strategies to address them.

On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Define retirement funds and identify their core functions
- List different types of retirement funds
- Identify common retirement fund benefit and funding structures
- Name the typical features of retirement funds
- Identify the challenges facing retirement funding systems and list strategies for addressing them

Business of Pensions & Retirement
Topic 1: Overview
Topic 2: Challenges
Topic 3: Responses