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Managing Contribution and Capital Market Risk in a Funded Public Defined Benefit Plan: Impact of CVaR Cost Constraints

[Opinion] American Benefits Council Letter to Treasury Requesting Guidance on HEART Act Benefit Provisions (PDF)

Overhauling 40(k) Plans to Net Employees More Money for Retirement

[Guidance Overview] Retirement Provisions in the HEART Act May Affect Multiemployer Plans (PDF)

Which Is Better -- the Roth 401(k) Plan or the Regular 401(k) Plan? (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Inherited IRAs--Who Gets What?

Borrowing from Your Retirement Plan Is a Bad Idea

[Opinion] American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries Comment Letter Requesting Clarification of Pre-Funding Restrictions on IRC �401(m) Employer Matching Contributions (PDF)

[Opinion] In West Virginia, It Is the Younger Members Switching to the Old Benefits Plans

Canadian Employers Try to Balance Adequacy and Cost of SERPs

SPARK Answers Questions on 403(b) Info Sharing Best Practices

Employer Cleared for 90-Day Distribution Notice for Retirement Plan

[Official Guidance] Text of IRS Notice 2008-73: Expansion of Notice 2008-21 Transition Relief for Funding Rules Applicable to Small Pension Plans (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Final 403(b) Regulations�and How They Affect Plan Sponsors

[Guidance Overview] Defining the Scope of Discovery in the Administrative Law Setting

Retirement Account Required Minimum Distribution Rules Catch Many by Surprise

Plan Sponsors Quick to Make QDIA Selection

Changing Demographics and Cruddier Retirement Plans Mean More Workers Will Delay Job Exit

Don't Fear the 401(k) Loan

Using Nest Eggs Before Retirement

[Official Guidance] 403(b) Plans: What Non-Discrimination Rules? Discussion on Universal Availability

Proposed Legislation Aims to Limit 401(k) Loans

401(k)s Tapped for Loans Less Than in 2007

[Opinion] New Jersey Governor's Delayed Pension Reform Bill Signing

Union vs. Private Pension Plans: How Secure Are Union Members' Retirements? (PDF)

The New 403(b) Plan Documents and ERISA

Pension Freezes Affect Mid-Career Employees While Retirement-Age Workers, Those in Their 20s Remain Relatively Safe

[Opinion] Illinois Governor Must Sign Pension Bill

[Guidance Overview] Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 Contains Several Provisions for Military Service Personnel That Affect Retirement Plans

[Guidance Overview] Trends in Capital Accumulation Plans, August 2008 (PDF)

[Opinion] Why 401(k) Retirement Plans Really Don't Work

Boeing Agrees to Keep Pension

Retiree Question About Leaving the Government's Thrift Savings Plan

West Virginia DC to DB Migration Could Mean Big Savings for State

[Guidance Overview] Employee Benefits Developments, August 2008 Issue

Freezes Often Precede DB Plan Terminations, GAO Study Finds

Phased Retirement Encouraged by PPA, But Companies Slow to Adopt

[Guidance Overview] E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company v. Ampthill Rayon Workers, Inc., August 25, 2008 Unpublished Decision

Mid-Columbia [Oregon/Washington] Fire Board OKs Volunteer 'Retirement' - Volunteers Earn Points for Activities with Fire District

[Opinion] Baby Boomers Had Better Plan on Working Past Age 65; Procrastination and DC Plan Designs at Fault

Pension Expert Discusses the 'New Retirement'

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Filipinos Get New Retirement Plan

Using a 401(k) Loan for a Down Payment on a Home Loan

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[Opinion] New Jersey Early Retirement Programs for State Workers

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