June 25, 2013
by The Morning Pulse
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June 25, 2013
401(a)/(k) / 403(b) / 457(b) RETIREMENT PLANS AND FINANCIAL PLANNING
Should We Scrap the 401(k) System and Start Over?
ICI: Fees for mutual funds in 401(k) plans continue to fall
Target-Date Funds Gain Larger Share of 401(k) Dollars
Retirees search for comfort in index funds
Security and Liquidity: Stable Value for a Post-Crisis Market
State-Run Plans Could Hurt Advisers
PENSION PLANS
New PBGC proposal facing stiff resistance
Retirees: Don’t sell off security of a pension
Pension funds lead push for proxy adviser oversight
Investors Need to Be Aware of interest Rate Risk
Social Security: It’s not all gloom and doom
Progress in reducing pensions burden has stalled
THE CAPITAL MARKETS AND INVESTMENTS
Weighing The Week Ahead: How Will Markets Digest The New Fed Message?
China’s market falls amid liquidity squeeze
Developing economies cancel or cut bond sales
Weight of household debt seems to be shrinking
Upcoming U.S. economic data expected to show only modest progress
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
Are US hedge funds more attractive? A tale of two markets
Private equity still wallflower among alternative assets
Facing up to hedge-fund ads in public
Hedge fund managed accounts get serious attention
Institutional investors not taking the long view
HEALTH CARE AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Health care expansion could make it tougher to see a doctor
Healthcare law causing SCC to re-examine adjunct faculty members
Witness: Medicare needs help from private payers
ENDOWMENTS, FOUNDATIONS AND PHILANTHROPY
Charity saw steady growth in 2012
Strengthen not-for-profit governance with 15 key policies
HUMAN RESOURCES, COMPENSATION, NONQUALIFIED AND EXECUTIVE BENEFITS
CEO, worker pay gap continues to widen
REGULATION, LEGISLATION, TAXATION, LITIGATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
DOL’s fiduciary standard faces bipartisan criticism
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