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CFO September 1, 2009 Katz & Stuart |
I Pledge Allegiance...to My Pension Fund In a year of cost cuts, most companies that sponsor pension plans are holding on to them. |
CFO December 1, 2006 Ronald Fink |
Promises, Promises New pension rules are supposed to secure employees' retirement. Employers may have other ideas. |
Investment Advisor May 2009 Melanie Waddell |
New IRS DB Funding Rules The Internal Revenue Service recently issued regulatory guidance on defined benefit pension plans that provides some needed relief for DB plan sponsors. |
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. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
Can You Count on Your Pension? Pensions are still underfunded, and the federal agency that backs them isn't looking too good either. |
Registered Rep. March 9, 2012 Mark Miller |
Six Ways Pension Annuities Almost Always Beat a Lump Sum Even if a lump sum is a choice for your client, think twice before advising a client to take it. |
CFO February 1, 2008 Russ Banham |
Exit Strategies How companies can help retiring employees smooth the transition from savers to consumers. |
CFO August 1, 2012 Hyatt & Owens |
Retirement: A Recalculated Risk Most CFOs expect employees - even those with traditional pension plans - to delay retirement. |
CFO February 22, 2005 Alix Nyberg |
Death to Smoothing A tough regulatory environment is another nail in the coffin for defined-benefit plans. |
CFO June 1, 2008 David M. Katz |
Better Safe Than Underfunded Some pension sponsors are hitching their investments to actual pension liabilities using bonds rather than aiming for huge returns. |
Job Journal August 3, 2003 Michael Kinsman |
Is Your Pension in Peril? Company failures have created a reversal of fortune in pension funds. |
CFO Joseph McCafferty |
Pension Plans The party's over. Why plan like it's 1999? While plenty of plans are now underfunded, the true picture could show underfundings at crisis levels. |
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. |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Plan Advisor: Reform is in the Air Officials in Washington expect Congress to pass legislation early this year that would shore up the nation's ailing pension system and provide tax breaks to encourage retirement savings. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Nanette Byrnes |
The Benefits Trap Old-line companies have pledged a trillion dollars to retirees. Now they're struggling to compete with new rivals, and many can't pay the bill. Some are racing to cut or drop retiree medical benefits to give a quick boost to their bottom lines. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 Bill Mann |
The Problem With Your Pension Defined-benefit programs are disappearing. Some are insolvent. We have two simple words to put into your retirement vocabulary: index fund. |
CFO February 1, 2009 Alix Stuart |
Plenty of Pain, a Dash of Relief A new law lets pension plans smooth out assets over two years, easing the crash of 2008. But it's a pittance in the face of falling corporate bond rates. |
Investment Advisor September 2006 |
Pension Act Signed While pension experts say the recently passed Pension Protection Act of 2006 will indeed help remedy the funding problems that have plagued defined benefit pension plans, they doubt that it will resolve the insolvency woes of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. |
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. |
Knowledge@Wharton February 12, 2003 |
A "Perfect Storm" of Circumstances Batters Corporate Pension Plans Questions raised about accounting for pension funds have prompted some Wharton faculty and other experts to ask if rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, as well as the Internal Revenue Code itself, may have played a significant part in the strife. |
CFO February 22, 2005 John P. Mello Jr. |
Match Game Companies are making strategic use of 401(k) matching contributions, but are they toying with their employees' retirement? |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Pension Tension Old-fashioned pensions might be disappearing, but they haven't vanished. |
CFO April 1, 2006 David M. Katz |
Sprucing Up the 401(k) With other retirement vehicles in dire shape, plan sponsors are rethinking their defined-contribution offerings. |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Rich Smith |
Pension Woes Lay Lockheed Low Lockheed's stock got perfectly pounded after earnings despite reporting improvements in sales growth and earnings. |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Chuck Saletta |
Your Road Map to Financial Freedom There are three key components to your financial freedom: Knowledge of where you are... Understanding where you want to be... Instructions on how to best get to your destination, given your starting point... |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 |
A New Abacus For Pensions The Financial Accounting Standards Board rules on post-retirement accounting are changing. Benefits could suffer. |
CFO May 1, 2007 Russ Banham |
To Rollover, or Not? Why retirees should think twice before shifting 401(k) assets into an IRA. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Public Pensions Are Doomed Public-sector pensions will disappear in the near future. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 Temma Ehrenfeld |
Retro Pension The traditional pension may seem on its way to extinction. Between 1979 and 2008, the latest figure available, the Employee Benefit Research Institute reports that the portion of U.S. private-sector workers participating in a defined-benefit plan dropped from 38% to 15%. |
CFO January 1, 2003 Joseph McCafferty |
Funding Fun House Critics say current accounting lets companies distort the picture they present of pension plan performance. |
CFO November 1, 2007 Russ Banham |
20/20 View on Managing Pension Liabilities: The Road Ahead Changes in accounting, law, and the lifespan of employees have companies considering outsourcing their defined benefit pension plans. |
CFO November 1, 2003 Joseph McCafferty |
Cashless Contributions Are noncash assets really a smart way to fund pension liabilities? |
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Lawson & Bloom |
A Hybrid Future Financial advisers should learn how the new DB(k) plan could make retirement offerings easier and more affordable for small-business owners. |
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 David Henry |
Shortfall At Exxon Arguably the mightiest U.S. corporation of them all, Exxon Mobil, has left its employee pension plans with the biggest funding deficit. |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
2009: End of the Road for Pensions? The final nail in the coffin for pensions may come from 2008's terrible stock market performance. |
FDIC FYI January 13, 2004 Miller & Ayres |
Could a Bull Market Be a Panacea for Defined Benefit Pension Plans? This report describes the serious challenges and outlook facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and corporate defined benefit pension plans, and examines the effects on financial institutions insured by the FDIC. |
Investment Advisor June 2008 |
News & Products, June 2008 The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issues proposed regulations... Charles Schwab and Vanguard both launch new funds... etc. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Nanette Byrnes |
Comparing Pensions Around the World U.S. businesses do pay the most for employee retirement, but rising costs are now becoming a global phenomenon. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2006 Brian Richards |
Is Your Retirement in Danger? The new pension act affects every American. It's your responsibility to make it work in your favor. |
Financial Advisor July 2005 Jeff Berends |
Big Savings For Small Employers Individual defined benefit plans are appealing to the self-employed. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Pension Perils Take a Turn for the Better Your company might not stiff your retirement after all. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
3 Management Teams You Shouldn't Trust -- and 2 You Can Fool me once, shame on you. |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Pension Reform and You How might the Pension Protection Act affect your pension? |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Big Investors Are Fleeing Stocks. Should You? Pension funds are moving to bonds. |
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? |
Registered Rep. January 23, 2015 Mark Miller |
New Law Could Mean Benefit Cuts For Retirees If you have clients receiving a defined benefit pension - or who will in the future - here's what you should know about this legislation. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Congress to Tackle Pension Funding, Investment Advice Congressional action on two key areas of retirement planning -- defined benefit funding and investment advice -- are expected to come by year-end. |
CFO September 1, 2005 Russ Banham |
Pension Upheaval Will proposed pension reforms actually save the system, or cause more of Corporate America to opt out? |
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Roger Lowenstein |
The Great American Ponzi Scheme Do we want public pensions? There are compelling reasons why we do. |
CFO February 22, 2005 David M. Katz |
The Domino Effect Ailing pension plans could overburden the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp and send premiums soaring. |