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Should Target-Date Funds Be Managed Like DB Plans?
"Typical recommendations include using 'best in class' active managers, incorporating more specialized asset classes, or including a variety of alternative investments within TDFs. This commentary discusses the implications and challenges of adopting complex 'DBization' strategies within a TDF for both defined contribution plan sponsors and participants."
(The Vanguard Group, Inc.)
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Oklahoma Firefighters Oppose Proposed Pension Changes
"Firefighters said they oppose measures that would alter the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and reduce benefit levels, increase the years of service for normal retirement, raise employee contributions for newly hired firefighters and make it harder for retirees to receive a COLA."
(Tulsa World)
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California Pension Fund Says Reforms Would Cost More
"The pension fund representing California teachers on Wednesday criticized a watchdog panel's proposals to overhaul state employee retirement plans and said the changes would drive costs higher and were legally risky."
(Daily Democrat)
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Busting Retirement Myths
"In the midst of all [the talk about the U.S. retirement system, public pensions, Social Security, and 401(k) plans] it seems worth examining some of the assumptions underlying the debate. It turns out they may not all be true."
(Employee Benefit News; free registration required)
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[Opinion]
Dodging the Public Pension Disaster
"[I]n many cases, the benefits are excessively costly, insofar as they are larger than is necessary to attract qualified talent to government work."
(National Affairs)
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[Opinion]
How Much Do California State Government Pensions Really Cost?
"The cost to Californians of paying government workers, on average, a pension that is literally triple what the average private sector worker collects from social security is compounded by the fact that the ratio of government workers to government retirees is on-track to be 1-1, i.e., one worker for each retiree . . . ."
(Union Watch)
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[Opinion]
Minnesota's Public Employee Pensions Are Managed Responsibly
"Minnesota public pensions have been well managed in a fiscally disciplined manner. Benefits are modest. Most public employees pay half the cost of their pensions, typically 5 percent to 6 percent of their paychecks, to fund their own pension plans."
(TwinCities.com)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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[Guidance Overview]
The Say on Golden Parachute Pay Shareholder Vote (PDF)
Excerpt: 'The Dodd-Frank Act and recently adopted SEC rules require a shareholder advisory vote on golden parachute compensation in M&A and similar transactions. What is the real effect of this new requirement?"
(Wang Kobayashi Austin, LLC)
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DOD Will Distribute Employer Poll over Reservist Use
"A new Department of Defense . . . survey of 80,000 U.S. employers will try to find out how the past decade of war and the heavy use of reserve-component forces has affected civilian workplaces."
(PLANSPONSOR)
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Press Releases
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