What are the best ways to manage retirement programs in today's uncertain and challenging financial environment? What strategies are sustainable year over year that satisfy shareholders, senior management and employees, and also address new funding and accounting rules? How can CFOs and other plan sponsors maintain that delicate balance between short-term consequences and long-term strategies?

As CFOs well know, benefit, accounting, funding and investment policies must be coordinated to align with the financial objectives of the business. Pensions and Corporate Financial Performance ― Intricately Linked, a Towers Watson publication, helps financial executives gain insights into managing defined benefit pension plans in the context of their company's overall financial performance.

Topics covered include:

• Pension Risk in a Broader Financial Perspective
• Evolution in Pension Funding and Accounting
• Confronting the Tough Issues Head On
• The Nuts and Bolts of Pension Funding and Accounting.