Obama Plan to Boost Retirement Security, Shore Up PBGC Faces Hurdles
"Though pension insurance premiums account for a minuscule share of what it costs employers to pay for workers, businesses are warning that any increases would further shrink the dwindling pool of private employers that offer pension plans."
(The Washington Post; free registration required)
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Beyond Benchmarking: Building Blocks of a Target Date Fund (PDF)
"To help understand how a target date fund achieves its performance, it is important to first evaluate the investment philosophy and process behind the design of a target date fund series."
(National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc.)
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Legislative Update of Defined Contribution Plans NAGDCAST (PDF)
2011 Legislative Priorities: NS4RW; Roth 457 Administration Clarification; Non-Spousal Beneficiary Rollovers; Elimination of 1st Day of the Month Rule; Maintain Penalty Free Distribution Rule; Expand Savers Tax Credit; Cooperate on Fee Disclosure Concepts.
(National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc.)
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Retirement Withdrawals: The Historic Return Dilemma
"This paper examines the accuracy of historic returns for predicting future returns, implications of historic returns for setting withdrawal rates, and the ramifications for retirees following such advice."
(Social Science Research Network)
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How Does Your 401k Plan Compare with the 'Typical' 401k?
"To help you answer this question, we have identified some of the common performance characteristics and features offered by many 401k plans and compiled the statistics below from a variety of sources* that will allow you to benchmark your plan."
(401khelpcenter.com)
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With Detroit Budget Crisis Workers Face Big Blow to Benefits
"Details of . . . budget plan include: A suspension in payment to the city's general retirement and police and fire pension systems accumulation fund. The fund acts as an investment supplement to cover money lost to the market."
(Detroit Free Press)
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California City Is 'Ground Zero' on Costs of Pensions
"The dismissals of city workers aren't definite. The city has requested bids from companies. The city had to give six months notice because union agreements require that much warning if jobs are being outsourced . . . ."
(Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
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A U.S. Annuity Scheme Has Lessons for the Pension Sector
"'The old TIAA-Cref should have been the model for all the 401ks, but because of competitive pressures in the 1990s it wound up reversing its traditional point of view,' notes Zvi Bodie, professor of finance at Boston University, and ad-hoc consultant to the institution's benefits department."
(The Financial Times Limited)
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[Opinion]
Annuities As an IRA Retirement Income Solution
"'Access to low cost annuities through a transparent, objective platform can meaningfully improve monthly income amounts for transitioning employees who seek to 'pensionize' their hard earned retirement savings and maximize their lifetime income stream.'"
(Profit Sharing / 401k Council of America)
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[Opinion]
Let's Put 'Total Compensation' to the Test and Into Law for Public Employees
"[T]he pension advocates point to research showing that public employees are paid less than private workers even when retirement costs are calculated . . . . What they fail to admit is that these academic studies omit entirely the unfunded liabilities of public pension and retiree medical plans . . . ."
(Governing)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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Calculating Executive Pay Figures
"To measure the amounts that executives were paid last year, Sunday Business asked Equilar, an executive compensation data company, to compile and analyze pay data from corporate filings."
(The New York Times; free registration required)
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[Opinion]
Enriching a Few ( Executives) at the Expense of Many (Shareholders)
"SOME people say it doesn't really matter how much companies pay their executives, at least as far as the shareholders are concerned. Whether investors prosper depends on the executives' management skill, not on penny-ante items like pay, this argument goes."
(The New York Times; free registration required)
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