Retirement Trends

Christie urged pension changes to free up money that he said was needed for schools, infrastructure and other projects.

In their letter, the Democratic Congressmen said that any definition should not limit access to investment education and information. We certainly want to protect plan participants.

The major reason they took a second look is that they wanted to make sure they had the best coverage. The other reason was premium increases.

The systems largest component, the Core Fund, had assets of $86.5 billion at the end of 2013. The 13.5 percent return surpassed the benchmark of 12.9 percent the board had set.

Could it be that enforcing existing rules on brokers offering advice will have the same effect, albeit without the political fallout, of creating a uniform fiduciary standard? We may be about to find out.

The Orange County city with a median home value of $1.5 million according to Zillow.com, is weighing bids from other governments and private companies for lifeguard services at Corona del Mar State Beach, which the municipality patrols,