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Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
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The Future of Pension Reform in Latin America The Latin American countries are at the vanguard of global pension reform. Eight have reformed their pension systems in the past 20 years, and additional reforms are now being considered throughout the region. Did the earlier reforms work? What should new reforms aim for? And are the ideas driving the reforms sound?   |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Engardio & Matlack |
Global Aging It's not just Europe -- China and other emerging-market economies are aging fast, too. There are solutions, but it's time to act. |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 15, 2003 |
The Long, Winding Road to Pension Reform in Latin America Like other nations, countries in Latin America are attempting to make their retirement systems more efficient and responsive to citizens' needs. This is difficult in the best of times. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
The Biggest Threat Yet to Your Retirement The huge losses last year in the stock market have created massive problems for millions of people expecting their employers to provide them with substantial income after they retire. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Colin Barraclough |
No Tears For Argentina Investors in the government's defaulted bonds are furious about a swap offer. |
IDB America
February 2006 |
A Brighter Outlook for Pensions? The new book, A Quarter Century of Pension Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons Learned and Next Steps, analyzes triumphs and pitfalls of the pension reforms that swept Latin America, and offers lessons for the road ahead. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Nicholas Barr |
The Truth About Pension Reform Aging populations in industrial and transition countries have provoked heated debate about pension reform -- in particular, about the desirability of abandoning pay-as-you-go schemes in favor of private, funded pensions... |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Olivia Mellan |
A Well-Founded Distrust Cultural differences about money and investing are often rooted in sometimes bitter experience, something advisors should keep in mind with foreign investors. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Public Pensions Are Doomed Public-sector pensions will disappear in the near future. |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000
Paul Constance |
Ready, able, and elderly Latin America's demographic profile is gradually turning gray---but the region's retirees aren't watching life from a park bench... |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
David Fairlamb |
Europe's Pension Problem: Too Few Cradles, Too Few Graves Population trends are forcing drastic reforms in Europe, including reducing people's benefits |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2010
Geri Smith |
A Proposed Debt Deal in Argentina Sparks a Constitutional Crisis An attempt to pay off creditors sparks a feud with the central bank -- and now a constitutional crisis |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Big Investors Are Fleeing Stocks. Should You? Pension funds are moving to bonds. |
Reason
March 2002
Brink Lindsey |
Social Insecurity Why an increasing number of countries are turning to market-based pension plans... |
IDB America
December 2005
Daniel Drosdoff |
A Pension Reform Begins to Bear Fruit In Peru, workers who took the risk of joining a private pension plan are rewarded with higher payments. The private system was launched in response to the country's economic crisis. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
You Can Take It With You With pensions giving way to self-managed retirement accounts, your financial future really is in your hands. |
BusinessWeek
December 9, 2010
Ye Xie |
The Argentina Veterans Eye the Euro Warily Argentina's debt default and currency devaluation offer insights to money managers assessing risk in the euro zone. |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
Joshua Goodman |
For Argentina, Crying Poor Won't Work Anymore Argentina's president wants to pay 25 cents on the dollar to bondholders. But Argentina's economy is red-hot. |
BusinessWeek
March 31, 2011
Roger Lowenstein |
The Great American Ponzi Scheme Do we want public pensions? There are compelling reasons why we do. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004 |
A Mexican Standoff In Buenos Aires Will holders of Argentine bonds get an acceptable deal, or be left out in the cold? |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003 |
Italy: Trying To Ease The Pension Squeeze Is Italy getting serious about pension reform? Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has made it the focal point of his 2004 budget, even taking the unusual move of going on national television to plead his case. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2008
Mann et al. |
Read This If You Think the $700 Billion Bailout Is Bad Reports from another week in the emerging markets: No matter how bad it gets here in the United States, we can all take solace in one simple fact: At least we don't live in Argentina. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
3 New Rules for a Richer Retirement The same old strategies won't work anymore. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Kevin Cheng |
The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
Sink Hole! How public pension promises are draining state and city budgets. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2007
Tim Hanson |
Why You'll Have a Worry-Free Retirement Our retirements are in our hands, and we need to make sound financial decisions from here on out to ensure that our retirements are secure. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Geri Smith |
Mexico: A Pension Patchwork With Big Holes Most Mexican's face a bleak future. Today, 52% of Mexico's senior citizens live in poverty. Over the next 20 years the population age 65 and over will more than double, and more than half will have no old-age pension. |
National Defense
October 2012
Karen L. Manos |
Contractors Charging the Federal Government For Pension Contributions Is Not Corporate Welfare In full election-year mode, news media have been awash in articles, blogs and reports urging Congress to stop the "corporate welfare" of reimbursing federal contractors' pension costs. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 10, 2005
Jim Heskett |
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer? The aging workforces of developed countries around the world have created long-term fiscal challenges that are forcing their governments to address this issue now. Which county offers a better response? The U.S.? Germany? Mexico? Or is there some other preferred alternative? |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2004
Robert Brokamp |
Retirement's Second Leg: Pensions How much retirement income can you expect from your company's pension plan? |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Levitt & Turner |
How to Clean Up the Muni Bond Market Solutions to defaulting bonds, unfunded liabilities, and fraudulent investment information. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Dexter Roberts |
The Great Wail Of China Disastrous pension predicaments are an example of the tremendous challenges facing a rapidly aging but still relatively poor China. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2010
Robert Brokamp |
The 5-Minute Retirement Plan It doesn't have to be terribly hard, but the earlier you start the better. Just buy a target retirement fund, which automatically allocates your investments across an appropriate mix of stocks and bonds, both domestic and international. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
How the Garden State Dug a Hole Borrowing aimed at boosting the assets of New Jersey's pension plans went way awry. It's a lesson to governments everywhere. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2006
Robert Brokamp |
The End of Retirement The average American should expect to work forever. But you don't have to be among the people who don't save enough, and who don't invest wisely, who don't make smart decisions about 401(k) withdrawals. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Steve Barnett |
Building a Social Safety Net China embarks on an effort to improve both pensions and health care in the world's most populous nation |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Dish It Out Pension offerings continue to dissolve, but new laws reward employers whose workers pump up their 401(k)s. |
Job Journal
September 9, 2007
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: The Passing of Pension Plans Switching to 401k's won't salvage underfunded retirements. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2005
Len Reinhart |
A Work in Progress Privatizing Social Security is part of a 25-year experiment to shift the funding of retirement from the government and the corporate sector to the individual. |
Job Journal
August 3, 2003
Michael Kinsman |
Is Your Pension in Peril? Company failures have created a reversal of fortune in pension funds. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Is Your 401(k) a Ponzi Scheme? While 401(k) plans definitely have their flaws, the idea that they're a complete ripoff for investors is a huge exaggeration. |
Job Journal
September 11, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Pensions Get Shortchanged It's time to take a close look at your retirement plans and take a more active role in managing them. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2007
Chuck Saletta |
Are You Ignoring Free Money? Can you be enticed to contribute to your 401(k)? If your employer is offering to match your contribution, don't ignore this free money towards your retirement. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2013 |
Advisor Optimism Hits New High Sentiment climbs, buoyed by big increases in retirement planning activity and fees. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
An Uglier Retirement? Sorry, future retirees -- getting by is probably going to get a lot tougher. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Roben Farzad |
Don't Cry for Argentina. The Worst May Be Over Bank stocks are cheap, and political change is in the offing. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Martin Muhleisen & Hamid Faruqee |
Japan: Population Aging and the Fiscal Challenge With Japan facing a demographic crisis, government finances--stretched to the limit to keep the economy afloat--have to cope with the rising strain on public pension and health systems. This article looks at the economic and fiscal costs of aging in Japan... |
The Motley Fool
May 29, 2010
Jim Royal |
One Inflation Threat You Haven't Thought of The coming pension debacle. America's public pensions are making a series of egregious financial decisions that will jeopardize your retirement income. But it's a problem that you can address now. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Peter S. Heller |
Asia: Ready or Not The world's most populous continent must prepare now for an aging population. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
If You Don't Have a 401(k) There's more than one way to build a strong retirement. |
