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1115 Matching News Items

1.  Overview of The Wall Street Journal's Retirement-Planning Guide
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Apr. 2, 2008
Excerpt: This guidebook is ... a blueprint for building a successful retirement. We'll show you how the various pieces -- retirement savings, Social Security, relocation, new careers, volunteer work, estate planning, health care, leisure and more -- come together as you create your plan for a personally fulfilling retirement.
2.  Wall Street Bonuses: Where's the Outrage?
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Nov. 22, 2009
Excerpt: So institutional shareholders are upset at the bonuses Goldman Sachs Group is planning to shell out, as we read in today's WSJ. But what about investors at other financial institutions? Where is the outrage there? The complaint of Goldman shareholders is simple: Despite record net income, Goldman's per-share earnings will be 22% lower this year than in 2007 and roughly equal to its 2006 earnings, according to Thomson Financial. Goldman is, of course, the whipping boy of the moment. Whether the criticism is fair or not, Goldman has come to symbolize the perceived inequity between Wall Street and Main Street. And while the government bailed out Wall Street, unemployment stands above 10%, while Goldman's per-employee compensation reaches $717,000.
3.  Some Consumers Say Wall Street Failed Them
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Nov. 30, 2008
Excerpt: With retirement accounts tumbling and millions of homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages, a realization is dawning on many Americans: The banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies and other players in the financial-services industry have failed them.... risks previously borne by big banks and employers have been placed squarely on the shoulders of consumers. Individuals increasingly bear the risk of interest-rate fluctuations, rising health-care costs, stock-market gyrations and outliving their retirement savings.
4.  Wall Street Lays Egg With Its Nest Eggs: Retirement Lessons of Dumb Moves by 'Smart Money'
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Sept. 29, 2008
Excerpt: In the past week, Merrill Lynch's Web site still displayed an article, 'Understanding Your Entire Portfolio,' full of sensible advice. If shares in your employer's stock are 'a significant portion of your investments,' it said, 'you'll want to consider the potential impact of a falling stock price on your portfolio.' Physician, heal thyself. At the end of 2006, Merrill employees had 27% of all their retirement money in Merrill shares. In 2007, Merrill employees lost $669.8 million on their holdings of Merrill, and so far this year, probably at least $400 million.
5.  DOL Proceding with Plans to Expand Oversight of Retirement Plans Despite Wall Street Resistance
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Aug. 1, 2011
[Assistant Labor Secretary Borzi said in an email] that it is 'hard to believe that a rule designed to protect employers and workers from conflicted investment advice would cause the entire financial industry to voluntarily walk away from a multitrillion-dollar market.'
6.  Required Minimum Distributions May Be Guide for Retirement Payout Program
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Nov. 4, 2012
"For individuals who have spent decades building a nest egg, crafting a withdrawal strategy is a critical and complicated task. The challenge: anticipating potential swings in the value of investments while providing a relatively predictable level of income."
7.  Republicans Ask Federal Retirement Plan for Details on BlackRock, State Street's Votes
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
July 1, 2021
"Sens. Pat Toomey (R. Pa.) and Ron Johnson (R. Wis.) asked the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees the government's $760 billion Thrift Savings Plan, to detail how [BlackRock Inc. and State Street Global Advisors] cast proxy votes over everything from who sits on corporate boards to executive pay and priorities at companies. They have also requested past communications with the firms and other information to determine whether the asset managers voted in ways that violated their responsibilities to those in the savings plan."
8.  Should Everyone Be Required to Have Health Insurance?
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Jan. 23, 2012
"Uninsured individuals who need care, particularly catastrophically expensive care, generally receive these services anyway. A decision not to pay for insurance -- to become a free rider -- leads hospitals and other providers to charge other patients more to make up the difference. People shouldn't have the freedom to shift the burden to everybody else."
9.  For Many Seniors, There May Be No Retirement
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Aug. 26, 2011
You generally don't have to take required distributions from your 401(k) as long as you keep working for the employer offering the plan -- regardless of your age. But at age 70-1/2 you'll need to start taking annual distributions from a regular IRA.
10.  Genetic Testing May Be Coming to Your Office
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Dec. 15, 2015
"Though employers tout genetic tests as a perk for their workforce, health advocates raise concerns about privacy and the potential for illegal discrimination based on employees' genetic information. They add that workers may fear their genetic information will end up in the boss's hands."
11.  An Annuity Payment Option May Be Coming to Your 401(k) -- Should You Take One?
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Apr. 22, 2019
"People who should annuitize typically want higher levels of certainty with respect to their retirement income, are less concerned about leaving a bequest, have above-average health/life expectancy, and like the fact that they don't have to worry about figuring out how much they can withdraw from their portfolio each year during retirement (or having to pay someone to do it for them). Plenty of evidence suggests retirees don't like to spend down their savings, and therefore anything that provides an automatic paycheck (like an annuity) typically makes that process easier."
12.  The Pension Hole for U.S. Cities and States Is the Size of Japan's Economy
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
July 30, 2018
"State and local pensions lost roughly $35 billion in assets between 2008 and 2009, according to Pew. Liabilities, meanwhile, ballooned by more than $100 billion a year, widening the difference between the amount owed to retirees and assets on hand. Not even a nine-year bull market in stocks could close that gap." [Editor's note: the article attracted 980 comments on the Wall Street Journal site in less than 24 hours.]
13.  DOL Set to Propose Tighter Broker Standards
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Apr. 14, 2015
"The proposed rules ... are likely to intensify significant pushback from Wall Street firms which say they already face robust regulation and warn the rules' costs will make it uneconomical for brokers to serve lower-balance accounts.... The Labor Department rules are expected to be more flexible than a 2010 proposal the department withdrew amid an outcry from Wall Street, which complained it would have barred many routine payments to brokers, including commissions."
14.  How Companies Should Handle the Pension Adequacy Crisis
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
June 24, 2013
"What kind of retirement plans should companies offer? How can they make sure their employees are well provided for once they stop working? These questions have taken on new urgency as the baby-boom generation exits the workforce and people lead longer lives. To sort through the options, The Wall Street Journal's Gabriella Stern spoke with Joshua Gotbaum, director of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., and Dallas Salisbury, president and chief executive of the Employee Benefit Research Institute. [This article includes] edited excerpts of their discussion."
15.  Fiduciary Definition May Tighten for Brokers
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Feb. 18, 2015
"A White House announcement of the so-called fiduciary rules is expected to generate significant pushback from Wall Street, which says it already faces robust regulation and warns the rules' likely costs could make it uneconomical for brokers to serve lower-balance accounts. It likely would take several additional months for the Labor Department, which is drafting the rules, to collect public feedback before it can move to implement the rules. The administration is concerned investors aren't aware that brokers benefit financially by selling products that may not be in a client's best interest but still rise to the lower standard of being suitable investments."
16.  Consumers Cut Health Spending, As Economic Downturn Takes Toll
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Sept. 22, 2008
Excerpt: In a survey by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners last month, 22% of 686 consumers said that economy-related woes were causing them to go to the doctor less often. About 11% said they've scaled back on prescription drugs to save money. Some of the areas being hit include hip and knee replacements, mammograms, and visits to the emergency room, according to a survey conducted by D2Hawkeye Inc., a Waltham, Mass., medical data analytics firm, on behalf of The Wall Street Journal.
17.  Obama Administration Rebukes Health Insurers for Premium Rate Increases
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Sept. 10, 2010
Excerpt: The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that some carriers are asking for total premium hikes topping 20% starting this month, and the carriers are attributing one to nine percentage points of the increases to new benefit mandates in the law.
18.  401(k) Law Suppresses Saving for Retirement
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
July 7, 2011
[A]n analysis done for The Wall Street Journal shows about 40% of new hires at companies with automatic enrollments are socking away less money than they would if left to enroll voluntarily[.]
19.  Health Insurers' Stocks Drop on More Disappointing Medical Cost News
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Jan. 21, 2024
"[Humana] warned that medical costs were running higher than expected and signaled that the pressure might impact its 2024 results as well.... The company's news, following UnitedHealth Group's recent disclosure of higher fourth-quarter medical costs, adds to Wall Street concerns about health insurers' results[.]"
20.  Tax on High-End Health Plans Threatens Wider Group
The Wall Street Journal; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Aug. 11, 2009
Excerpt: The White House cited the health benefits enjoyed by top executives of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as an example of a so-called Cadillac health plan. The Wall Street firm pays roughly $40,000 in annual premiums for each executive's family. But the proposal being weighed by the Senate Finance Committee would tax health plans that cost much less, setting the bar perhaps as low as $25,000 a year for a family plan. That is about twice the cost of the average family plan and would affect only a tiny fraction of U.S. workers, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. But if lawmakers don't allow the threshold to be adjusted annually to reflect annual price increases, the proposed tax would eventually hit a much larger number of people.
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