Retirement

The fate of the CLASS Act is in the hands of the Super Committee, a group of 12 lawmakers created to propose more than one trillion dollars in federal spending cuts. Although the newly created committee may have the motivation and means to stop the clock before the starting bell...

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Many big investors look at the drop in the stock market as a buying opportunity. Small business owners should consider it an opportunity as well. That's because it can be a smart time to start a retirement plan.

A study released Friday by a pension-reform group suggests California state and local governments could save billions of dollars a year by moving to a hybrid retirement plan similar to one used by the federal government.

As the trend toward index funds for defined contribution (DC) grows, BlackRock Inc. announced Monday that it has expanded its menu of index mutual funds for defined contribution (DC) plans with the June launch of 10 new index funds.

Demographic and administrative concerns are some of the factors that scare insurers away from bidding on the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program contract, according to officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).