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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><generator>NFE/1.0</generator><title>"defined contribution" retirement OR retire OR retiree - Google News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%22defined+contribution%22+retirement+OR+retire+OR+retiree</link><language>en</language><webMaster>news-feedback@google.com</webMaster><copyright>&amp;copy;2012 Google</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:09:40 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:09:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>"defined contribution" retirement OR retire OR retiree - Google News</title><url>http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_us/news.gif</url><link>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%22defined+contribution%22+retirement+OR+retire+OR+retiree</link></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/google/definedContribution" /><feedburner:info uri="google/definedcontribution" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><geo:lat>33.879003</geo:lat><geo:long>-84.372032</geo:long><item><title>Pileggi among several senators to introduce pension reforms - southern chester county weeklies</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/isr9Br4VIfg/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.southernchestercountyweeklies.com/articles/2012/05/31/kennett_paper/news/doc4fc784f151480921307656.txt</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:49:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF2WMHswJKwmP1BxPUWTLW2j4-XHA&amp;amp;url=http://watchdog.org/18660/pa-pension-reform-for-future-employees-not-enough/"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/5AdShq1z3EPHMM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;New Hampshire Watchdog&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHXeBe-hEVit0_6NQKjWA6U6n8yeA&amp;amp;url=http://www.southernchestercountyweeklies.com/articles/2012/05/31/kennett_paper/news/doc4fc784f151480921307656.txt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pileggi among several senators to introduce pension reforms&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;southern chester county weeklies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The new &lt;b&gt;defined contribution retirement&lt;/b&gt; system will be provided for all state employees and public school employees hired on or after December 1, 2012. “Significant policy decisions regarding Pennsylvania&amp;#39;s pension system must be made soon,” Senator &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFdOuCBVLBnDvQCvouzs4c24JeFjQ&amp;amp;url=http://triblive.com/news/1888117-74/plans-401-defined-employees-pennsylvania-pension-contribution-state-benefit-bloomingdale"&gt;Union boss: 401(k)s insufficient for state government employees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Pittsburgh Tribune-Review&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHm3RNckzJ5pk0KkTZ37TbEbkqKxQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.essentialpublicradio.org/story/2012-05-30/legislation-would-change-pension-system-new-state-employees-11253"&gt;Legislation Would Change Pension System for New State Employees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Essential Public Radio&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH0dOpnS2NhBEkFZg8aXg1s3j-S7A&amp;amp;url=http://standardspeaker.com/news/gop-leaders-plan-changes-to-state-pension-1.1322874"&gt;GOP leaders plan changes to state pension&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Standard Speaker&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH0WxyY2g6b-sHknIqWWjsr6Ddo3g&amp;amp;url=http://www.witf.org/statehousesoundbites/senate-gop-plan-a-start-for-pension-reform-2"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;witf.org&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEs-SbEaQqUHWN1_uAzKii5JWoBow&amp;amp;url=http://delcotimes.com/articles/2012/05/31/news/doc4fc735375099b087499494.txt"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Delaware County Daily Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dWar8xSQVb73uRMecnGyRq1zZdooM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 25 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/isr9Br4VIfg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHXeBe-hEVit0_6NQKjWA6U6n8yeA&amp;url=http://www.southernchestercountyweeklies.com/articles/2012/05/31/kennett_paper/news/doc4fc784f151480921307656.txt</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Could Your 401(k) Fees Buy a House? - Wall Street Journal (blog)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/QyLthey5bFM/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/05/30/could-your-401k-fees-buy-a-house/?mod=google_news_blog</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 15:01:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNET6ul4apxQZ02qAnpRYxC67kYtRQ&amp;amp;url=http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/05/30/could-your-401k-fees-buy-a-house/?mod%3Dgoogle_news_blog"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Could Your 401(k) Fees Buy a House?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Wall Street Journal (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Kelly Greene There are more than 50 million Americans with investments in 401(k) and other &lt;b&gt;defined-contribution retirement&lt;/b&gt;-savings plans. They&amp;#39;re about to be getting more information about the fees they pay. By one estimate, it could be sobering &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dki3Nyti-yv9NJM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/QyLthey5bFM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNET6ul4apxQZ02qAnpRYxC67kYtRQ&amp;url=http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/05/30/could-your-401k-fees-buy-a-house/?mod%3Dgoogle_news_blog</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>JP Morgan Asset Management Launches New Retirement Plan Advisor Tool -- Plan ... - MarketWatch (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/oOwKX-XMobI/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jp-morgan-asset-management-launches-new-retirement-plan-advisor-tool-plan-design-guide-2012-05-30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 12:23:57 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEbdyxCX6h0KC-2pXc6H1ssZdNJPg&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jp-morgan-asset-management-launches-new-retirement-plan-advisor-tool-plan-design-guide-2012-05-30"&gt;&lt;b&gt;JP Morgan Asset Management Launches New &lt;b&gt;Retirement&lt;/b&gt; Plan Advisor Tool -- Plan &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;NEW YORK, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- JP Morgan Asset Management today introduced a new tool for &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; plan advisors to help them facilitate thoughtful conversations about 401(k) plan design and enhance plan sponsor decision making &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dBoTHU6zW58aKRM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/oOwKX-XMobI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEbdyxCX6h0KC-2pXc6H1ssZdNJPg&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jp-morgan-asset-management-launches-new-retirement-plan-advisor-tool-plan-design-guide-2012-05-30</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Low interest rates a hallmark of the 'new retirement' - Globe and Mail</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/Kjrkvt-sWKc/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/retirement-rrsps/low-interest-rates-a-hallmark-of-the-new-retirement/article2447649/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=Home&amp;utm_content=2447649</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 09:04:01 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHQMG9mvZv-LR-nPy0c52r0vQ06ew&amp;amp;url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/retirement-rrsps/low-interest-rates-a-hallmark-of-the-new-retirement/article2447649/?utm_medium%3DFeeds%253A%2520RSS%252FAtom%26utm_source%3DHome%26utm_content%3D2447649"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/iK8QtnIqutpQaM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Globe and Mail&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHQMG9mvZv-LR-nPy0c52r0vQ06ew&amp;amp;url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/retirement-rrsps/low-interest-rates-a-hallmark-of-the-new-retirement/article2447649/?utm_medium%3DFeeds%253A%2520RSS%252FAtom%26utm_source%3DHome%26utm_content%3D2447649"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Low interest rates a hallmark of the &amp;#39;new &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#39;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Globe and Mail&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;It was just the latest sign that the new &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; would not be like the old: Defined benefit plans have given way to less generous &lt;b&gt;defined contribution&lt;/b&gt; plans, stock market losses have pushed out many people&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; horizons, and the huge run-up &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=drKz2zE3nPvop_M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/Kjrkvt-sWKc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQMG9mvZv-LR-nPy0c52r0vQ06ew&amp;url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/retirement-rrsps/low-interest-rates-a-hallmark-of-the-new-retirement/article2447649/?utm_medium%3DFeeds%253A%2520RSS%252FAtom%26utm_source%3DHome%26utm_content%3D2447649</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>J.P. Morgan Asset Management Launches New Retirement Plan Advisor Tool -- Plan ... - Sacramento Bee</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/MW1KMNWDxC4/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/30/4525157/jp-morgan-asset-management-launches.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 13:11:12 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF7usWIMxKdkQO5X-JXXHB-NoAsug&amp;amp;url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/30/4525157/jp-morgan-asset-management-launches.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;J.P. Morgan Asset Management Launches New &lt;b&gt;Retirement&lt;/b&gt; Plan Advisor Tool -- Plan &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sacramento Bee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;JP Morgan Asset Management is a leading comprehensive &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; solutions provider dedicated to improving individual &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; outcomes. JP Morgan &lt;b&gt;Retirement&lt;/b&gt; Plan Services provides bundled &lt;b&gt;defined contribution&lt;/b&gt; services to more than 650 clients and &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dq6megj4xIX8q5M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/MW1KMNWDxC4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNF7usWIMxKdkQO5X-JXXHB-NoAsug&amp;url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/30/4525157/jp-morgan-asset-management-launches.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Pension Reform's Ground Zero - Wall Street Journal</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/38pwfy6o_Ac/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303807404577434822050770542.html?mod=googlenews_wsj</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 13:59:05 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEa0idQxti8OIZsN8MD5npc_rSerA&amp;amp;url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303807404577434822050770542.html?mod%3Dgooglenews_wsj"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pension Reform&amp;#39;s Ground Zero&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; next week in San Jose could be a watershed for &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; benefit reform in California and perhaps other states. The ballot measure would shift future workers to hybrid plans, which consist of a modest annuity and a &lt;b&gt;defined contribution&lt;/b&gt; component.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dwnyaTjRLwliuoM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/38pwfy6o_Ac" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEa0idQxti8OIZsN8MD5npc_rSerA&amp;url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303807404577434822050770542.html?mod%3Dgooglenews_wsj</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>May 31 Letters From Readers: Do you trust Wall Street?; Unified's ... - Journal Times</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/jw1xC1BsX8U/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/may-letters-from-readers-do-you-trust-wall-street-unified/article_e06ab1e4-aaa4-11e1-b1be-0019bb2963f4.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 22:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGcuC_7Q2DIFmkRu1bm1f4h9d709A&amp;amp;url=http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/may-letters-from-readers-do-you-trust-wall-street-unified/article_e06ab1e4-aaa4-11e1-b1be-0019bb2963f4.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 31 Letters From Readers: Do you trust Wall Street?; Unified&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Journal Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;If you don&amp;#39;t know the difference between a &lt;b&gt;defined contribution&lt;/b&gt; and define benefit &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; plan it will be worth you time to find out if you plan to &lt;b&gt;retire&lt;/b&gt; someday. Why kill ETF/WRS? It is already fully funded; doing away with the EFT/WRS system &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dITMpRBjQWoxKqM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/jw1xC1BsX8U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGcuC_7Q2DIFmkRu1bm1f4h9d709A&amp;url=http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/may-letters-from-readers-do-you-trust-wall-street-unified/article_e06ab1e4-aaa4-11e1-b1be-0019bb2963f4.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Lawmakers want to change retirement plans for state, school workers - abc27</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/GcDzvEyoioM/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.abc27.com/story/18660509/lawmakers-want-to-change-retirement-plans-for-state-school-workers</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 23:16:19 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGHQQ3BkNRvPGyV7HKflEITw3pKhw&amp;amp;url=http://www.abc27.com/story/18660509/lawmakers-want-to-change-retirement-plans-for-state-school-workers"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lawmakers want to change &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; plans for state, school workers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;abc27&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Several lawmakers want to switch to a &lt;b&gt;defined contribution&lt;/b&gt; plan, like the 401(k)&amp;#39;s so prevalent in the private sector. Under that plan, the state would throw in money each pay period, but would not guarantee outcomes upon &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d5Leei_U-czH8sM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/GcDzvEyoioM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGHQQ3BkNRvPGyV7HKflEITw3pKhw&amp;url=http://www.abc27.com/story/18660509/lawmakers-want-to-change-retirement-plans-for-state-school-workers</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Hitting the pension wall - Vancouver Sun</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/TkcWysxfOkY/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Hitting+pension+wall/6699499/story.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 08:21:12 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGt_tipUyRmJO6GfnrUWPBV_Dn4cg&amp;amp;url=http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Hitting%2Bpension%2Bwall/6699499/story.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hitting the pension wall&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Vancouver Sun&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The result is an approaching &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; income gap between those with generous defined-benefit pensions and those with passively man-aged &lt;b&gt;defined-contribution&lt;/b&gt; pensions and/or personal savings from which to draw. Yet, even the successors of today&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEexLK0WsqzmIIxjsxU76yU2Z37Ag&amp;amp;url=http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/29/hitting-the-pension-wall/"&gt;CP Rail strike symptomatic of bigger pension challenge in Canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;National Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dgZELtlRIDS3TwMFuJLSns7WTl_KM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 2 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/TkcWysxfOkY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGt_tipUyRmJO6GfnrUWPBV_Dn4cg&amp;url=http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Hitting%2Bpension%2Bwall/6699499/story.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Tegrit Group Strengthens Internship Program. - Midland Daily News</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~3/WmxVrenOrd8/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.ourmidland.com/prweb/article_11d06107-fb15-5033-af40-7bd5140bd1f0.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 04:28:01 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEWQzmHU_xFKM1xJ38XAxQHH1gVYg&amp;amp;url=http://www.ourmidland.com/prweb/article_11d06107-fb15-5033-af40-7bd5140bd1f0.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tegrit Group Strengthens Internship Program.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Midland Daily News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;These student interns will have the opportunity to explore the many facets of the &lt;b&gt;retirement&lt;/b&gt; industry through their positions in the Actuarial Services, Benefits Administration and &lt;b&gt;Defined Contribution&lt;/b&gt; departments. The program is coordinated by Megan &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dhNWYKtlPePG9wM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/definedContribution/~4/WmxVrenOrd8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEWQzmHU_xFKM1xJ38XAxQHH1gVYg&amp;url=http://www.ourmidland.com/prweb/article_11d06107-fb15-5033-af40-7bd5140bd1f0.html</feedburner:origLink></item><description>Google News</description></channel></rss>

