Retirement Trends

Stanger was a primary author of a little-noticed piece of a 1978 tax law.Today, 401(k) is likely the most recognizable number in the Internal Revenue Code.

Some believed the Universal, Secure and Adaptable (USA) Retirement Funds Act of 2014 was the right solution while others felt its approach was too complicated.

The National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2014 would allow agents like broker-dealers to operate in many states without having to obtain individual licenses in each of those states.

The draft plan given to creditors this week by Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr offers different recovery rates for classes of unsecured creditors.

We found that in all 10 states, the total annual cost of corporate subsidies, tax breaks and loopholes exceeds the total current annual pension costs for the main public pension plans administered by the states, a report stated.

The bankruptcy last year of the maker of Twinkies and other treats left the benefits of more than 700 participants in the Baltimore-based Bakery and Sales Drivers Local 33 Industry Pension Fund imperiled.