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- Retirement Education Is Not Enough
- Retirement benefits are a key component of an employer's compensation and benefits package. Most employees view retirement as their single most important savings objective. Yet many have not done the rigorous homework associated with securing the kind of lifestyle they envision for their later years. An employee approaching retirement needs...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- A New Approach to Dutch Pensions
- Employer-sponsored retirement benefits are an essential component of the Dutch retirement income. While social security is fairly generous, employees rely heavily on employer-sponsored pensions during their retirement. More than 90 percent of the workforce participates in occupational or supplementary retirement plans, and for the average employee income during retirement from...
- White papers 2006-05-15
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- Hitachi Announces to Establish Securities-based Employee Retirement Benefit Trust
- TOKYO -- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT)(TOKYO:6501) today announced the conclusion to establish an employee retirement benefit trust and to contribute certain shares of stock that Hitachi holds to the employee retirement benefit trust in order to improve its pension financing and increase its utilization of financial assets. Hitachi will post a...
- Research articles 2008-03-26
- Nidec and Its Listed Subsidiaries Terminate Their Retirement Benefit Systems for Directors and Standing Corporate Auditors
- KYOTO, Japan -- Nidec Corporation ("Nidec") announced today that it terminated its Retirement Benefit System effective December 31, 2004 in accordance with a resolution adopted at its Board of Directors held on December 15, 2004.
- Research articles 2005-03-16
- Early Retirement? You're Dreamin' | BTalk Australia
- The AMP Superannuation Adequacy Index recently demonstrated that many Australians don't have enough money for a comfortable retirement. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie asks Michael Davison, CPA Australia's Superannuation Policy Advisor, who is most at risk and how realistic is it to expect an early retirement. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-08
- Retirement Plan Trends
- While 401k s gets most of the press, traditional defined benefit plans still are the ones most commonly used. For employers, retirement benefits packages are of the utmost importance, but the advent of 401k s and other new options competing against traditional defined benefit plans has left some employers with...
- White papers 2000-11-01
- Valuing Defined-Benefit Plans
- This paper examines the issues surrounding the valuation of defined-benefit pension plans including benefit formulas, integration with Social Security, post-retirement benefit increases and default risk. It obtains a reasonable valuation with three key estimates - the level of retirement benefits, the growth rate of post-retirement benefits and the discount rate....
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Ferro Corporation Announces Changes to U.S. Retirement Plans
- CLEVELAND -- Ferro Corporation (NYSE:FOE) announced today that the Company is moving to a common retirement benefit program for salaried and certain hourly employees in the United States effective April 1, 2006. The new plan supports a diverse and mobile workforce with a competitive, flexible and portable retirement benefit, while...
- Research articles 2006-02-15
- RULINGS MANDATE POTENTIAL BENEFIT CHANGE DISCLOSURE.
- SAN FRANCISCO -- In a pair of decisions late last month, a federal appeals court in California said employers must inform affected employees when considering changes to their early retirement benefit packages. The rulings came in two cases arisin SAN FRANCISCO --...
- Research articles 1999-09-20
- Calculating Your Own Retirement Allowance
- When you apply for retirement, you will have to choose one of nine ways to receive your retirement benefits. Please be sure you understand the different payment options available to you because, once you have made your choice and your retirement becomes due and payable (usually when your first check...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Putting The Security Back In Retirement- It May Be Up To You
- The employees of an organization play a pivotal role in its development and growth over the years. It is imperative for the organization to design and develop effective retirement benefit plans for its employees. In recent years, the issue of providing retirement security by organizations has gained significance. With the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Retirement Plans
- The retirement benefit plan serves to make the retired life smooth and hassle-free for an individual. Such plan is conferred by the organization on its retired ex-employee in return for the services rendered by him or her in the organization. The paper argues that employee-sponsored benefit plan participants do not...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Boeing changes retirement plan for new employees
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) has announced a new retirement benefit programme for non-union employees hired or rehired by the company on or after 1 January 2009. The new scheme will be a defined-contribution plan, instead of a defined-benefit plan....
- Research articles 2008-06-25
- More employers offering retirement plans at lower cost, KPMG survey finds; but employees' low rate of savings, return on investments may result in an inadequate retirement income
- LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--June 13, 1995--More than 90 percent of midsize and larger employers are offering retirement benefit plans and holding the cost of those plans steady, but in the plans giving employees the choice of participating, employees may be contributing too little and investing it too conservatively to have an...
- Research articles 1995-06-13
- Profitable Prudence: The Case for Public Employer Defined Benefit Plans
- Defined benefit plans remain the predominant form of retirement benefit for employees of state and local governments in the United States, which employ more than 10 percent of the nation's workforce. This paper describes the divergence between pensions in private industry, where the focus has shifted sharply toward defined contribution...
- White papers 2004-11-19
- Retirement Plans Across Borders: The Case for Pan Asia-Pacific Pensions
- For a typical multinational company, providing retirement benefits to employees in the Asia-Pacific region presents several challenges. These include the sourcing of appropriate products, governance risks associated with centralized HR and finance functions, integration with statutory retirement benefit requirements, and issues relating to mobile employees. A centralized plan covering employees...
- White papers 2006-01-13
- Retirement benefits - What's New: Products & Services - from GE Financial Employer Services Group - Brief Article
- GE Financial Employer Services Group has launched a new set of retirement benefit services specifically geared for small- to medium-sized businesses. The GE Retirement Solutions 401k Plan Design now offers smaller-sized employers a portfolio of 401k options that they can afford and customize to their companies' unique needs. The services...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Delta files a formal request to terminate pilot retirement benefit
- ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines Inc. filed a formal request with bankruptcy court late Friday to terminate its pilots' pension plan, as President Bush prepared to sign a bill aimed in part at helping the struggling carrier save its other employees' pensions. If the court in New York...
- Research articles 2006-08-05
- Mobil Benefit Funding Change
- FAIRFAX, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 24, 1998--Mobil Corporation announced today that a trust created to fund Mobil supplemental retirement benefit plans has begun the sale of up to 7.8 million shares of Mobil's common stock.The sale of this stock is in response to a required change in the method...
- Research articles 1998-07-24
- Retirement Planning: What to Do Now
- Whether you're 25 years away from retirement or you've already started packing up your office, there are specific steps you should now take to ensure your financial security. This step-by-step guide will keep you on track for a stress-free dismount from the corporate treadmill. 20 to 25 Years...
- Articles 2009-10-14
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