September 20, 2019

PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ANNUITIES, TAXES, CHARITY & FINANCIAL LITERACY

• How the Fed Rate Cut Impacts Your Wallet
• America’s Self-Employed Workers Are Ill Prepared for Retirement ; If You’re Retiring Now, You’re in a Pretty Rough Spot
• Retiring early with kids may be harder than clients think ; My Father Knows Best: How to Retire with Purpose and Passion
• TurboTax Glitch Led To $216 Million Tax Bill For Thrift Store Worker
• Advisors’ Fear of Outsourcing Underscores Struggle with Scale
• How We’ve Failed America’s Youth On Financial Literacy ; Is Social Security going bankrupt? 3 facts most people get wrong on retirement income; Explaining the Different Types of Annuities

HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

• Low Rates, Auto-Enroll: What Will Make People Ante Up for Coverage?
• The founders of Robin Healthcare think doctors need smart assistants, too ; Healthcare is transforming to take on challenge of value-based care
• The cloud of mystery enshrouding the Juul epidemic is lethal
• GM dumped health care for striking workers. That poured gas on fire, expert says

TECH, MEDIA & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Dogs in the Office Are Great, but Both Tech and Design Could Get in the Way
• Nearly Half of Americans Have Been Victims of a Data Breach ; Privacy Hacked: Data Leaks – Best Ways To Protect Yourself Online ; Victim Total Soars in County Health Data Breach
• Amazon figured out a way for online shoppers to pay in cash
• Smart TVs sending private data to Netflix and Facebook ; Facebook Contractors Have Been Listening to ‘Hey Portal’

401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS & LITIGATION

• Retirement Savings Would Be ‘Hit Hard’ by Financial Transaction Tax
• Increase participant engagement with investment menu simplification
• ICMA-RC Fighting for CIT Availability for 403(b)s
• Justice Department Backs Legal Effort Against New California Retirement Plan ; How This Week’s TSP Revamp Will Change Retirement For Federal Workers

PENSIONS

• Pensions, Recession Pose Risks to State and Local Governments ; Pension plans gauge risk amid quest for gains
• Warwick’s unfunded liability for pensions, health insurance is pushing $860M
• Lightfoot’s pension pitch hits wall in Springfield ; Panel of experts discusses Illinois pension reform 
• Changes under consideration for UM System retirement plan
• More steps needed to stabilize Colorado’s state pension fund
• Jacksonville City Council committee supports taking on JEA pension debt
• Bill passes moving CalPERS, CalSTRS closer to divesting Turkish investments 
• CBO Says Rescue Plan for Multiemployer Pensions Won’t Help
• Society of Actuaries to Shift to an Outreach-Oriented Charter

INTERNATIONAL

• Pension funds call for corporate action on Amazon forest fires
• Venture Capital Is the New Buzz Word for Australia Pension Funds
• Pensions compensation payouts could trigger six-figure tax bills

MARKETS

• Fed cuts interest rates by a quarter point ; Why the Fed Lowered Interest Rates Again ;The Fed Gets Schooled in Basic Economics
• Gasoline pump prices in US set to jump after Saudi attack ; The Issues Facing Commodities Markets – A Rollercoaster Of Emotions
• Government lost thousands of years’ worth of production during shutdown
• ESG Factors Now Include Health and Well-Being
• Index Funds Are the New Kings of Wall Street;  Is This the Answer to Asset Management’s Growth Problem?
• Investment returns see drop
• Lonely hiker: As central banks cut rates, Norway to go the other way
• EU warns Britain heading for a no-deal Brexit

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

• Unicorns — and Their Hedge Fund Investors — Are Under Pressure ; Crypto hedge funds grow on strong investor appetite
• Private Equity Outperforms And Captures Institutional Flows ; Brazil’s Petros Pension Aims to Increase Private Equity Investment in 2020
• Two Arrested for ‘Old-Fashioned Shakedown’ of Cryptocurrency Startup ; Brazil wants more visibility into cryptocurrency trades
• What The Cyberattack On The Corcoran Group Means For Real Estate ; Fed Cuts Fueling More REITs