Pensions

Prudential’s analysis underscores the challenges that companies face as low interest rates, which increase pension liabilities, and substantial payouts to retirees temper the benefits generated by rising equity markets.

Medicare premiums will increase for high-income retirees because of the change in the income brackets that will serve as basis for determining these premiums for their Part B and Part D coverage.

Employees can simplify retirement portfolios by merging multiple accounts

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Flush with money, firms took a proactive approach in 2017 by contributing discretionary amounts in order to satisfy objectives beyond the government-mandated minimum.

Employees can simplify their retirement portfolio by merging multiple accounts.

The Florida Education Association is urging the state body that manages pension funds for its members to sell its holdings in companies that make a semi-automatic rifle.

The new tax law has extended the grace period for outstanding 401(k) loans made by workers who switch jobs, luring more participants to borrow from their accounts, exposing them to greater risk.

– Airline pilots, still resentful over pensions yanked away in a wave of industry bankruptcies, see growing company profits as a chance to reclaim some of those lost benefits.

Pension funds for more than 1.5 million union workers is said to be on the brink of failure.

U.S. state and local governments have good reason to root for stocks to rebound from the crash.

Lawmakers in Illinois are so desperate to shore up the state’s massively underfunded retirement system that they’re willing to entertain an eye-popping wager.

With many private and public pensions in the red, employees are advised to look for options that will improve their prospects, such Roth IRAs.

DB plans have become a major focus for executives looking to reign in costs.

California Governor Jerry Brown said legal rulings may clear the way for making cuts to public pension benefits, which would go against long-standing assumptions and potentially provide financial relief to the state and its local governments.

Driven by a strong stock market, a select group of Fortune 1000 companies saw modest growth, finds Willis Towers Watson.

Employees should do a quick assessment of their retirement prospects while still working.

Driven by a strong stock market, a select group of Fortune 1000 companies saw modest growth, finds Willis Towers Watson.

Investors are advised to do a Roth conversion before year-end to make the most of the federal tax deduction for state and local income taxes, which could disappear next year.

The deficit has risen to $65 billion, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s annual report.