December 5, 2014
by The Morning Pulse
December 5, 2014
401(k) STYLE RETIREMENT PLANS
- Sponsors Place High Value on Match, Advisers
- Misconceptions and Overconfidence Hurting Retirement, New Research Shows
- The Powerful (and Expensive) Allure of Guaranteed RetirementIncome
- Affluence No Buffer for Retirement Health Cost Fear
- Plan Sponsors Increasing Encouragement to Save
- The Continual Drive Toward Custom Target-Date Solutions
- Deadline Looms for Maryland Auto-IRA Task ForceHow to hire an employee benefit plan auditor
- Combining Longevity Annuities and Bonds to Raise Retirement Income
- Roadmap to a Successful Tiered Investment Menu Design and Communication Program
PENSION PLANS
- The public pension buck stops … where?
- Rhode Island: Jury May Decide Pension Lawsuit
- Congress Could Soon Allow Multiemployer Pension Plans to Cut Benefits for Current Retirees Do state and local pensions need federal regulation?
- Pension funds take nautical turn in hunt for higher returns
- New rules double New Jersey’s pension liability
- DB plans still more cost-effective
- Public Pensions Need Gamblers Anonymous
ECONOMICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Hiring picks up but with few pay hikes
- CPAs show widespread optimism about the economy, but not about finding skilled workers
- M&A deals in 2015 expected to increase in number, size
- Risk Factors For The U.S. Economy In 2015
- The Race To 0%: Plunging Yields Across The Globe
- Draghi expected to offer bleak inflation, output outlook
NON TRADITIONAL INVESTMENTS
- Spectrem Group Report Shows Hedge Fund and Other Alternative Investments
- Increase With Wealth
- Good year predicted for hedge funds in 2015
- Private-Equity Firms Adapt to Regulatory Clampdown
PERSONAL FINANCE
- Why a Roth 401(k) conversion might be your best investment decision
- Annuities ‘mis-sold to 1.5 million’
- Don’t ignore estate planning for millennial clients
- Financial planning needs regulation
- Curbing Debt: It’s Not What You Know
- Are you smart enough to retire?
HEALTH CARE
- Big Changes in Fine Print of Some 2015 Health Plans
- How to Make the Most of Your HSA
- Among Eleven Nations, American Seniors Struggle More with Health Costs
- More Cost of Health Care Shifts to Consumers
- Slowest rate of growth recorded for U.S. health care spending in 2013
- Here’s exactly how the United States spends $2.9 trillion onhealth care
- Pace of Health Care Cost Increases Falls to a 54-Year Low
- Retiree Medical Liability Looms Over Fortune 1000
Jeffrey H. Snyder
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The Morning Pulse, Inc.
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