February 2018

12Feb

Pension Plans Central America Report

The Pension Plans Central America Report gives Market Consumption / Products / Services for 31 countries by each Product by 3 Time series: From 1997- 2016 and Forecasts 2017- 2024 & 2024-2028. Countries covered include: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent/Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands....

February 12, 2018
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12Feb

Overcoming the Saving Slump: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education and Saving Programs

By Annamaria Lusardi The great majority of working Americans are unprepared to face the difficult task of planning for retirement. In fact, the personal savings rate has been holding steady at zero for several years, down from 8 percent in the mid-1980s. Overcoming the Saving Slump explores the many challenges facing workers in the transition from a traditional defined benefit pension system to one that requires more individual responsibility, analyzing the considerable impediments to saving and evaluating financial literacy programs...

February 12, 2018
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05Feb

Retirement Risks: How To Plan Around Uncertainty For A Successful Retirement

By por Jamie P. Hopkins Visualizing your retirement by closing your eyes and thinking of palm trees and sunshine is easy. Planning the correct steps to get there is an altogether different task. Author Jamie Hopkins writes, “Retirement planning is like shooting a moving target in the wind. Your retirement goals will continue to evolve throughout your life, while the tools, laws, risks and techniques available to you will also continue to change over time.” Because of these factors, being proactive...

February 5, 2018
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The Retirement Policy Challenges and Opportunities of Our Aging Society

By Professor United States Congress,‎ United States House of Representatives &‎ Committee On Ways and Means The retirement policy challenges and opportunities of our aging society: hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, May 19, 2005. Read more HERE

February 5, 2018
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05Feb

Restructuring Retirement Risks (Pension Research Council Series)

By David Blitzstein,‎ Olivia S. Mitchell & Stephen P. Utkus This book highlights the importance of retirement security as a major policy concern of our time. A generation of "Baby Boomers" is on the verge of retirement, yet pension systems confront crushing challenges, and policymakers seek direction. The authors set their sights on employees' needs and expectations, employers' intentions and realizations, and policymakers' efforts to resolve the many challenges. Despite the fact that retirement systems face deep stresses exacerbated...

February 5, 2018
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January 2018

22Jan

The Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad

By Julie Jason Given today’s dire headlines, planning a secure retirement has become a more critical task than ever. This revised edition of Julie Jason’s award-winning guide—updated to reflect current laws and statistics—will help Americans seeking safety and stability in a time of economic change. In addition to showing those on the verge of retirement how to create their own “personal pension,” investment educator Jason deftly guides prospective retirees through the otherwise bewildering process of evaluating their needs, anticipating future...

January 22, 2018
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22Jan

Eurasian Economic Perspectives: Proceedings of the 20th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference

By Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin,‎ Hakan Danis,‎ Ender Demir & Ugur Can This volume presents selected papers on recent management research from the 20th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, which was held in Vienna in 2016. Its primary goal is to showcase advances in the fields of public economics, regional studies, economic development and inequality, and economic policy-making. Reflecting the contemporary political climate, many of the articles address the effectiveness, relevance and impact of European Union policies. In addition,...

January 22, 2018
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22Jan

The Blended Retirement System

By Patrick Weinert For over a century, the military services have provided pensions to active duty members that served 20 years. On January 1, 2018, the military broke with a long tradition and instituted a Blended Retirement System (BRS). This system is designed to enable service members to take some retirement savings with them if they depart before serving 20 years on active duty. Today, many service members have the option to stay with the traditional pension or enroll in...

January 22, 2018
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22Jan

Towards a New Pensions Settlement: The International Experience

By Gregg McClymont,‎ Andy Tarrant In a world of ageing populations, and in the midst of a global shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pensions, the onus is increasingly on individuals rather than employers to bear the risks of retirement provision. This book weighs the experiences of eight nations across the Americas, Asia and Europe, who have in common early adoption of DC pensions, but very different experiences of mitigation of that risk by the state, either...

January 22, 2018
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December 2017

30Dec

Role of Public Employee Pensions in Contributing to State Insolvency and the Possibility of a State Bankruptcy Chapter

By Professor United States Congress Role of public employee pensions in contributing to state insolvency and the possibility of a state bankruptcy chapter hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, February 14, 2011. (more…)

December 30, 2017
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