
August 1, 2019
PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ANNUITIES, TAXES & FINANCIAL LITERACY
- SECURE Act Could Ruin Your 401(k)
- FEMA official: Americans need to start saving for a rainy day ; Summer special: Perform your own (financial) autopsy
- Takeaways On How NH Schools Can Help Improve Financial Literacy ; Can financial literacy in school curricula help address college debt?
- I don’t have a pension. Should I buy an annuity?
- Nonprofits nervous as giving declines with new tax law ; Budgeting for charity: A new way for the government to encourage giving
- Cryptocurrencies: An Estate Planning Conundrum
- An Underhanded, if Legal, Scheme to Get Financial Aid
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
- To Lower Healthcare Costs, Lower ED Visits
- How to Meet the Challenge of Evolving Senior Healthcare Needs
- HCA Healthcare weighs in on CMS’ price transparency proposal during earnings call
TECH, MEDIA & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Popular financial services apps accused of overcollecting user data
- Capital One Data Breach Impacts 106 Million Customers ; Capital One’s ‘pride’ hurt by data breach but not much else, analysts say
- Amazon Reigns Over Cloud Market
- Facebook’s currency plan makes fintech a tough sell in Congress
- Eight EU states miss artificial intelligence deadline
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS & LITIGATION
- Retirement Savings Shouldn’t Be a Political Piggy Bank
- Why RIA Valuations Have Reached a Record High in M&A Deals
- DOL Puts Annuities in Association Retirement Plan Footnote ; Small Businesses (Really) Like 401k MEP Concept ; Maybe Insurers Could Start Multiple-Employer Retirement Plans: DOL
- Bay State’s Fiduciary Proposal Correctly Excludes ERISA Plans
PENSIONS
- Private equity strengthens public pensions
- Pension fund trustees who spent more than $1.3 million on trips to face audit
- The FedEx Pension Twist: Borrow at Low Rates to Boost an Underfunded Plan
- CalPERS loss triggers more debt payment reform
- Maryland Pension System’s Assumed Rate of Return Reduced Again
- 651 new Illinois public pensioners add $26 million in annual pension costs
- Central States pension fund continues to bleed as Congress debates aid
- The changing role of actuaries
INTERNATIONAL
- UK Regulator Proposes Ban on Certain Pension Transfer Fees
- Pension risk transfers: How can we best manage employee anxiety?
MARKETS
- What the consumer spending report tells us is incomes and savings are up, inflation is down — and the Fed is cutting rates ; ‘Hidden’ debtors may be signaling trouble in the global economy
- How retailers can survive the Amazon era
- Oil Surges as Traders Await Fed Cut, Iran Clash Squeezes Supply ; Why energy companies are still investing gasoline in the age of the electric vehicle
- Natural Gas Is Stuck in a Vicious Cycle
- Spotlight on New ED Financial Responsibility Reporting
- Smart Beta ETFs Receiving Healthy Inflows ; Smart beta funds don’t match the hype, research finds
- US activist investors’ aggressive strategies are starting to force change in Europe
- Japan’s Central Bank Promises Easing if Needed but Leaves Rates Unchanged
- Pound Pushed Toward Historic Low as Investors Worry Over Brexit
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- Hedge funds up 1.75 per cent in June ; Karmic reckoning? Investors in activist hedge funds agitate for change ; SEC Bans Former Hedge Fund Manager for Inflating Asset Prices
- Profit is not guaranteed for private equity funds ; Private-Equity Firm Abraaj Fined a Record $315 Million in Dubai
- Branson-backed cryptocurrency start-up launches a super-fast exchange to take on Coinbase ; Facebook’s Audacious Pitch for a Global Cryptocurrency; US Hedge Fund Adds Major Crypto Companies to Its Portfolio
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