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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. |
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. |
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. |
CFO February 22, 2005 David M. Katz |
The Domino Effect Ailing pension plans could overburden the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp and send premiums soaring. |
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 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 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. |
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. 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. |
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? |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Alex J. Pollock |
Live Long, Work Long Working years have been shrinking, and retirement years expanding. How can we address the social, demographic, financial and political aspects of a growing percentage of the population that is living longer and expecting an income while no longer being productively employed? |
Registered Rep. July 13, 2012 Mark Miller |
Should Your Retiree Take the Lump Sum? Or Go with a "Pension Annuity?" Leon LaBrecque is one busy financial planner these days. He has been meeting with retirees from Ford Motor Co. and General Motors to help guide them through one of most important financial decisions of their lives: whether to accept a lump sum buyout of their pensions. |
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Byrnes & Borrus |
Rising Tensions Over Pensions A deep chasm has opened between the Bush Administration and Big Business over what to do about the sorry state of corporate pension plans. |
Job Journal August 3, 2003 Michael Kinsman |
Is Your Pension in Peril? Company failures have created a reversal of fortune in pension funds. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Melanie Waddell |
The Problems With Pensions Members of Congress and retirement experts are working feverishly to ensure that pension plan funding relief is enacted soon. |
The Motley Fool October 11, 2004 Chris Mallon |
The Perils of Pensions Once a no-lose situation for both management and employees, defined-benefit pension plans are now threatening to cripple some U.S. corporations. But the piper must be paid, and it's investors who will ultimately suffer. |
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. |
CFO May 15, 2012 Marielle Segarra |
Pension Pain Underfunded multiemployer plans could create multiple problems. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 |
Q&A with the PBGC's Bradley Belt The new executive director talks about the major reforms that need to be made to ensure the health of pension systems in the U.S. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Will Cause the Next Financial Crisis Pension funds are getting desperate, turning to risky strategies to make minimal cash. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Tim Hanson |
The 2016 Retirement Manual The decline of passive retirement planning is not so much a problem as an opportunity. When you're in charge of your own money, you pick where and how you want to invest. |
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Nanette Byrnes |
Pensions That Discriminate against Older Workers With modern retirement plans increasingly under attack by older employees, it's becoming clear that a company's best interests are not always going to intersect with those of all its workers. That's why Congress needs to step up with clear legislation that would reform federal pension laws. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Alan Lavine |
Storm Clouds For Municipal Bonds Underfunded liabilities loom as a threat to governments' finances. |
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. |
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. |
Reason June 2005 Julian Sanchez |
Pension Tension Our other retirement time bomb. In fiscal year 2004, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which covers more than 34 million workers and retirees, paid out some $3 billion in benefits to pension plan beneficiaries---more than twice what it took in from employers in premiums. |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2007 Rich Duprey |
United's Faustian Bargain The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. agrees never to make United Airlines responsible for the employee pensions it defaulted on. |
HBS Working Knowledge February 17, 2014 Michael Blanding |
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions Although new defined benefit plans are rare, many firms must still fund commitments to retirees. Luis M. Viceira looks at the pension landscape and the recent emergence of insurance companies as potential saviors. |
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? |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
The Power of Pensions A guaranteed check for life is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, that beauty is fading. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Matthew Vadum |
The Bond Buyer: Pension Costs Put Squeeze on States Unfunded state pension liabilities are now estimated at nearly $300 billion collectively and, along with escalating education and Medicaid costs, are squeezing states' creditworthiness, according to a new report. |
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. |
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Levitt & Turner |
How to Clean Up the Muni Bond Market Solutions to defaulting bonds, unfunded liabilities, and fraudulent investment information. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 De Ferranti et al. |
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? |
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 January 1, 2003 Joseph McCafferty |
Funding Fun House Critics say current accounting lets companies distort the picture they present of pension plan performance. |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Big Investors Are Fleeing Stocks. Should You? Pension funds are moving to bonds. |
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Ultimate Retirement Safety Net The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is raising its target stock allocation for its retirement plans. Should you do the same? |
CFO February 22, 2005 Alix Nyberg |
Death to Smoothing A tough regulatory environment is another nail in the coffin for defined-benefit plans. |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Shruti Basavaraj |
Stocks With Shocking Debt There are many shocks to the market that investors must be wary of, and one of the most fear-inducing components of a company is debt. |
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 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. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Amy Borrus |
Uncle Sam: Up To His Neck In The Risk Pool The U.S. government is the insurer-of-last-resort for a mind-boggling array of catastrophes. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Public Pensions Are Doomed Public-sector pensions will disappear in the near future. |
CFO December 1, 2006 Ronald Fink |
Promises, Promises New pension rules are supposed to secure employees' retirement. Employers may have other ideas. |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
How to Take Your Pension If you've got a pension, you're in the minority of workers today. Here are some tailor-made tips for you. |
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. |