September 26, 2013
So we have a new feature out today, “Looting the Pension Funds,” that looks at the blame game being played with state and municipal fiscal crises and the hiring of ultra-expensive “alternative investments” like hedge funds as a key trend …
September 16, 2013
In May of 2013, the Pew Charitable Trusts released a report that sounded a frightening alarm. Titled “Retirement Security Across Generations” and widely cited throughout the national media, the study found that a lack of retirement savings, less guaranteed pension …
July 27, 2012
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, unveiled two proposals Friday to address what he calls “disappearing pensions.”
July 26, 2012
A campaign is being waged by pension fund critics to push the Legislature to quickly enact “reform” measures.
July 26, 2012
Rates of poverty among older households lacking pension income were approximately nine times greater than the rates among older households with DB pension income in 2010, up from six times greater in 2006 a new study calculates.
July 25, 2012
In the past decade the number of California workers with access to a retirement plan at work has plummeted.
