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Investment Advisor September 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Pensions, Social Security Face Challenges Pension plans' funded status and the outlook for Social Security continue to appear bleak. |
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 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 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. |
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 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. |
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. |
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. |
CFO February 22, 2005 David M. Katz |
The Domino Effect Ailing pension plans could overburden the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp and send premiums soaring. |
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 May 15, 2012 Marielle Segarra |
Pension Pain Underfunded multiemployer plans could create multiple problems. |
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. |
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 December 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Big Investors Are Fleeing Stocks. Should You? Pension funds are moving to bonds. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Alan Lavine |
Storm Clouds For Municipal Bonds Underfunded liabilities loom as a threat to governments' finances. |
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. |
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 26, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Pension Perils Take a Turn for the Better Your company might not stiff your retirement after all. |
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. |
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 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. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2010 Israelsen & Ferri |
Is a Pension a Bond? Unsure how to value a client's pension or social security? Use the liability reduction model. |
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. |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 |
A New Abacus For Pensions The Financial Accounting Standards Board rules on post-retirement accounting are changing. Benefits could suffer. |
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 September 1, 2005 Russ Banham |
Pension Upheaval Will proposed pension reforms actually save the system, or cause more of Corporate America to opt out? |
Investment Advisor August 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Still Hammering Away Members of Congress are still hashing through a compromise bill on pension reform, and completed, the final bill may also include a provision on abolishing the estate tax. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Dumb Move Could Kill Your Retirement After having gotten burned by the bear market, public pension funds are doing the financial equivalent of betting it all on red -- and the consequences could be devastating for the millions of public employees who are counting on them for their retirement. |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Barreto & Joseph |
Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: ERISA Ponders Alternatives As more pension fund money has been flowing into hedge funds -- catching the eye of the SEC and perhaps pushing the move to manager registration -- legislators have acted to ease pension fund access to hedge funds. |
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 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 April 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Prepare for the Looming Pension Crisis Underfunded pensions could well be the last straw that moves the U.S. into a brand-new financial crisis light-years beyond what we've seen so far. |
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. 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 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. |
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. |
CFO August 1, 2004 Alix Nyberg |
Investment Insight Is Corporate America adequately managing employee pension funds? |
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Nanette Byrnes |
Retiree Accounting: More Than Meets The Eye Companies may soon be forced to put their unfunded pension and other retiree benefit promises on their balance sheets. |
CFO December 1, 2006 Ronald Fink |
Promises, Promises New pension rules are supposed to secure employees' retirement. Employers may have other ideas. |
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. |
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 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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2004 Dave Braze |
Creating a Comfy "Income Cushion" How much should a retiree keep in cash? |