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BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Christopher Palmeri |
San Diego's Widening Pension Woes A fund shortfall has prompted the mayor's exit, felony charges against pension-fund board members, and talk of bankruptcy   |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
Sink Hole! How public pension promises are draining state and city budgets. |
BusinessWeek
March 31, 2011
Roger Lowenstein |
The Great American Ponzi Scheme Do we want public pensions? There are compelling reasons why we do. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2010
Ben Elgin et al. |
The Political Rumble Over Public Pension Costs Unfunded retirement benefits have become an election issue, and unions are fighting back. |
Financial Advisor
June 2006
Alan Lavine |
Storm Clouds For Municipal Bonds Underfunded liabilities loom as a threat to governments' finances. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Public Pensions Are Doomed Public-sector pensions will disappear in the near future. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Tim Jones |
Taking a Page from the Republican Playbook Illinois state Democrats rumble with the unions over benefits. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Christopher Palmeri |
Costa Mesa, Calif: A Flash Point for City Belt-Tightening The Orange County city faces a backlash after its council voted to lay off 45 percent of the workforce to ease burgeoning pension costs |
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
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
February 1, 2005
Don Durfee |
Big City Blues Sooner rather than later, businesses will feel the effects of local budget shortfalls, through higher taxes and fees, crumbling roads and bridges, and smaller police departments. Simply relocating may not be the answer --- many suburbs now face the same fiscal pressures as inner cities. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Levitt & Turner |
How to Clean Up the Muni Bond Market Solutions to defaulting bonds, unfunded liabilities, and fraudulent investment information. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2006
Ryan Popple |
Beware the Botched 401(k) While 401(k)s offer more control and impressive tax benefits, they also chronically underperform managed pension funds. We are going to need our 401(k)s for our future financial security, and we have to do a better job of managing them. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2007
Nanette Byrnes |
Can Retirees Afford This Much Risk? Public pensions may have grown addicted to high-risk alternative investments. |
CFO
December 1, 2006
Ronald Fink |
Promises, Promises New pension rules are supposed to secure employees' retirement. Employers may have other ideas. |
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
December 4, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Big Investors Are Fleeing Stocks. Should You? Pension funds are moving to bonds. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
January 2005
Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note Opponents of privatizing Social Security are arguing that if professional pension funds can't succeed, what hope is there for individuals? Not much, assuming individuals engage in all the shenanigans the pros have. |
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. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Risky Business There is no "Chapter 8" in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. But like a phantom limb, the nonexistent "Chapter 8" -- a proposed option to allow states to default on their debts -- is already aggravating the municipal bond market. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
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. |
Inc.
May 2006 |
Playing Catch-Up A 50-year-old sole proprietor with an annual income of $300,000 could sock away $178,470 a year, tax-deferred, by investing in both a 401(k) plan and a pension fund. |
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 24, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
The Trend That Could Save Your Retirement One type of defined benefit plan, known as the cash balance plan, has gained growing popularity among employers wanting to do more for their workers. |
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
January 9, 2006 |
A New Abacus For Pensions The Financial Accounting Standards Board rules on post-retirement accounting are changing. Benefits could suffer. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2012
Allan S. Roth |
Muni Forecast: Lots of Clouds Despite Whitney's prediction of a near-term disaster, it will probably take a decade or two to test whether states and municipalities can meet their obligations to both retirees and bondholders. The biggest single factor in the interim will be stock market returns. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Jason Clenfield |
A Tear in Japan's Safety Net Moves by JAL and Mitsubishi to cut pensions may signal the demise of a trust-based corporate culture. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Well Do 401(k) Plans Work, and Who Benefits Most From Them? Do problems with 401(k)s still appear as bad as they did last winter? Should the system be left alone, merely tweaked, or overhauled -- perhaps converted to a kind of Super-IRA that would solve Enron-type problems by removing the employer from the process? |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Post-Enron Pension Reform Aims to Educate -- and Protect -- Employees The central issue: How to treat the use of the company stock in the employees' retirement plans... |
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
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. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Russ Banham |
Pension Dissension FASB is championing a two-phase project that would provide guidance for gauging annual pension expenses on the income statement and disclose plan assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and in footnotes. CFOs protest. |
Inc.
May 2006
Amy Feldman |
A Bigger Parachute Eager to boost your retirement fund? Believe it or not, a pension might be the answer. |
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. |
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. |
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 10, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Pension Protection or Pilfering? The recent changes to the laws governing pensions are just the latest example of why it's important to think carefully about the choices you have as you enter retirement. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2003
Bill Mann |
GM's Pension Legerdemain It's taken on debt, and now it's assuming 9% gains. GM's pension is still big, big trouble. |
Job Journal
August 3, 2003
Michael Kinsman |
Is Your Pension in Peril? Company failures have created a reversal of fortune in pension funds. |
