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PRC In the News
12/06/11|CNBC

New Retirement: Tracking Pension Funds [video]

CNBC’s Sharon Epperson’s “New Retirement” segment shows workers how to track all the retirement funds they have coming to them.

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12/05/11|DailyFinance

We’re Not Ready: More Bad News About Retirement

The idea of retirement in America is becoming increasingly far removed from the idyllic notion of our “golden years.” For many, it’s now just another source of worry, despair and resignation.

PRC In the News
12/02/11|Portland Press Herald

Older Americans are not ‘living the high life’ despite study’s findings

A Pew Research Center study gives a distorted view of how elders are faring in today’s economy.

Blogs & Newsletters
12/01/11

Is your pension plan having a religious conversion? Here’s what you can do.

Have you received a notice informing you that your pension plan is seeking approval from the Internal Revenue Service to convert to a “church plan”?  Here’s what this means to your retirement – and what you can do about it. Many people who work for nonprofit organizations that are associated with religious organizations – hospitals, […]

PRC In the News
11/30/11|Wall Street Journal

Filing Puts Pension Benefits at Risk

The parent of American Airlines had been trying to renegotiate pay and work rules for pilots in the weeks before Tuesday’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Now, pension benefits could be at risk.

PRC In the News
11/23/11|Pensions & Investments

PBGC raises maximum annual benefit to nearly $56,000

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. announced Wednesday that the maximum benefit retirees can receive from the agency will increase by $2,000 in 2012, to $55,841.

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11/22/11|SmartMoney

‘Father’ of the 401(k)’s Tough Love

Ted Benna, who three decades ago seized on an IRS loophole to transform American retirement savings, says he’s proud to be “father of the 401(k).” He also thinks he created a monster.

Blogs & Newsletters
11/21/11

Have seniors gotten rich at the expense of young adults?

You might think so if you read some recent stories in the news about wealth differences among generations. But you may want to think again.  A recent study published by the Pew Research Center on “The Rising Age Gap in Economic Well-Being” states that in 2010 households headed by seniors (adults age 65 and older) […]

PRC In the News
11/18/11|Atlanta Journal-Constitution

SunTrust latest large company to freeze pensions

SunTrust Banks will freeze its employee pension plan at year’s end, following a cost-cutting move pursued in recent years by several companies.

PRC In the News
11/17/11|Pensions & Investments

More large employers freeze defined benefit plans — analysis

More than 40% of Fortune 1000 companies that have defined benefit pension plans have frozen at least one such plan, according to a new analysis.

PRC In the News
11/17/11|Pensions & Investments

BNY Mellon employees sue alleging fiduciary breaches in 401(k), ESOP

Two BNY Mellon employees have sued the company alleging breach of fiduciary duty in the management of a 401(k) plan and ESOP.

PRC In the News
11/16/11|New York Times

Audit Finds Errors in Calculating Pensions in Bankruptcies

The federal agency that takes over failing pension plans in corporate bankruptcies has made errors in calculating benefits, according to an audit released Wednesday, raising the possibility that some retirees have been getting too much or too little.

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