Seeking solvency: as defined-benefits wells run dry and cash-balance uncertainties abound, opinions are mixed about what might salvage employer-sponsored retirement plans.
In July, Hewlett-Packard froze benefits in its traditional defined-benefits plan for all but its most senior workers. The technology giant's move is the latest in a growing trend among large employers--once the bastion of defined benefits in the private sector--to freeze defined-benefit and cash-balance plans. The move...

The aftermath of AHERF: keeping your career afloat.
Like most physicians, my career has been challenged several times by forces beyond my control--mergers, bankruptcies, and reorganizations. I've managed to stay afloat through a combination of luck, planning and survival skills. In particular, my experience working in the now defunct Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation...

SSS hikes monthly retirement benefits.
Byline: GENALYN D. KABILING All pensioners of the Social Security System (SSS) will get a 10 percent increase in their monthly retirement benefits retroactive on September 1, 2006, the government- run agency announced yesterday. President Arroyo summoned SSS chairman Thelmo Cunanan to deliver the good...

Supreme Court kept its sanity above the strife.
Byline: Floro L. Mercene SUPREME Court junks people's initiative. Even the dead will rise from the cemeteries to applaud its wisdom. * * * Under the leadership of Chief Justice Art Panganiban, the Supreme Court has shown its independence and integrity. ...

Coalition petitions SEC to force corporate climate disclosure.
Environmental groups, including Environmental Defense, CERES and Friends of the Earth, joined with foundations, concerned investors and state officials from across the country in filing a landmark petition last week asking the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require publicly traded companies to assess and fully disclose their financial...

Speakers Announced for Upcoming GreenXchange Leadership Conference.
ENERGY RESOURCE-20 August 2007-Speakers Announced for Upcoming GreenXchange Leadership Conference(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com GreenXchange LLC, a newly formed partnership between IDG World Expo and the environmental think-tank, VerdeXchange, today announced the initial list of speakers for the upcoming GreenXchange Leadership Conference December 10-11 at the Century Plaza...

Follow Quebec's lead: removing disincentives to work after 60 by reforming the CPP/QPP.
In this issue ... Because of population aging and the soon-to-begin wave of retirements, Canadian policymakers should implement systems that encourage those who want to work beyond the normal retirement age to do so. Proposed changes to the Quebec Pension Plan point the way to achieving that...

Insurance insights: health savings accounts.
Like the financial services industry before it, the health insurance industry is in the midst of powerful change. As recently as twenty years ago, most employees left retirement planning to their employer's pension fund. But as more people entered the workforce, lived longer and required more resources, that model...

Protecting retirement. (Benefits).
Enron Corp. wasn't the only company to implode last year, but the national attention it got served as one of the most urgent warnings about weaknesses in defined-contribution pension programs. The Pension Protection Act, introduced last year by Reps. Peter Deutsch, D-Fla., and Gene Green, D-Texas, attempts...

Roland Arrington sets his sights on retirement.
For the past 20 years, Roland Arrington has brought a certain "something" to the office. Depending on whom you ask, that something could range from investment expertise, to an in-depth knowledge of the NTCA benefit programs, to an always-friendly and pleasant demeanor, to an unspoken open-door policy in which...