How can the future of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation be improved?

How in the world might a transportation bill feed our retirement crisis? Congress is sneaking a harmful pension change that could lead to massive underfunding of our largest plans

The auto companies' defined-benefit pension plans are fundamentally unsound and may be bigger than the auto companies can pay, but are managed by government and involuntarily guaranteed by taxpayers.

Sound retirement security policy for future retirees requires planning. Workers need to be engaged; employers need to be responsible; and policymakers must ensure that pension law, tax law, and the Social Security system operate in a manner that promotes opportunities for private saving, appropriate retirement asset management, and sustainability and predictability.

Online registration for this event is closed. Walk-in registrations will be accepted.

In August 2006, President George W. Bush signed the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), legislation intended to improve the funding of defined-benefit pension plans, improve the measurement of assets and liabilities, and require plan sponsors to face stricter...

Online registration for this event is now closed. Walk-in registrations will be accepted.

The 2005 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) annual report shows that its liabilities are $23 billion greater than its assets. With bad luck, experts believe that this could grow to $100 billion and a taxpayer bail...

A panel of retirement finance experts will discuss questions regarding retirement policy reform.

The Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (SFRC) is a group of publicly recognized independent experts on the financial services industry—including banking, insurance, and securities—who meet regularly to study and critique regulatory policies affecting this sector of the economy. At the two closed sessions before the luncheon, committee members will discuss, among...