Retirement News

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Average 401 balances for U.S. workers hit a record high of $80,900 in the first quarter, according to a survey of accounts by Fidelity Investments.

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For some aging adults, the retirement piggy bank is looking too slim, especially for those unable to max out 401 plans or individual retirement accounts every year.

A plan that could save Montgomery taxpayers money now has only one day left to pass the legislature.

Council of Labor Affairs Minister Pan Shih-wei warned yesterday of a likely increase in the maximum monthly income used to calculate a worker's pension premium fees, currently set at NT$43,900. At a Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee meeting yesterday, legislators discussed the amendments of the recent labor retirement pension laws.

T. Rowe Price plans to launch a new series of 11 target-date retirement funds later this summer, the Baltimore-based money manager said Wednesday.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Travis McGhee, CEO of FuturesANIMAL, discussed how to financially prepare for retirement.

University of California Board of Regents' investment committee approved on Tuesday a significant reduction to its fixed-income exposure to 20% from 65% in its $4.7 billion Total Return Investment Pool.

Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 71, sponsored by Rep. Lynne Riley , which amends current law to allow the Georgia Municipal Employee Benefits System retirement fund to increase its investment allocation in real estate from 5 percent to 10 percent.

Attorney Mike Raulston questions Catoosa County sheriff Gary Sisk during an appeals hearing heard by the county Board of Commissioners.

Let's say you have a health problem and you visit two or three internists. Chances are good you would receive a similar diagnosis and treatment from each doctor.

Urban Outfitters Inc. is the high-profile local company that shareholder activists are targeting once again over a lack of diversity on its board of directors.

Typical Generation Xers now in their late 30s to late 40s saw their net worth drop by a larger proportion than older Americans during the financial crisis and came out of it less prepared for retirement than the post-World War II boomer generation, according to a new study.

According to Financial Finesse's study, Trends in Employee Financial Issues , more and more "employees accept that they can cannot rely on employers to fund their retirement and health care, and instead are taking control of finances themselves." Clearly, Americans are worried about their financial futures, especially at a time when, by some ... (more)

Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise.

WHEN IT COMES to how much money we all need to retire comfortably, it gives us a headache.

Philadelphia Gas Works Retirement Reserve rehired Eagle Asset Management to run about $13 million in active domestic small-cap growth equities, confirmed Charles Jones, executive director of the Philadelphia Sinking Fund Commission, which manages the $441 million pension fund.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said late Monday he will begin tapping into two government employee retirement funds to buy more time before the U.S. Treasury is faced with the prospect of defaulting on the national debt.