Debt Doubles at Agency that Insures Pension Plans
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The federal agency that insures pension plans said that its deficit, already at the highest in its history, had doubled in its last fiscal year, to $23.3 billion.
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Most big companies are coming up with enough cash to keep their pension funds legally sound, after three years of extraordinary losses. Not so their government backstop.
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With underfunded pensions  threatening to become the U.S. taxpayer's next  multibillion-dollar headache, lawmakers are working on a  long-term fix for struggling traditional retirement plans.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System, the nation&#39;s largest public pension fund, plans to double to $2 billion its hedge fund investment, widely seen as a risky neighborhood of the investment world.
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The suit, filed against the National Education Association, reflects heightened concern among retirement plan participants that excessive fees are diminishing their savings and enriching financial services firms.
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The US agency that insures the pensions of 44 million workers said Thursday it will seize the retirement plans of United Airlines&#39; 14,000 active and retired pilots.
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The deficit at the federal agency  that rescues failed U.S. pension funds more than doubled to  $23.3 billion in fiscal 2004, officials said on Monday, as the  safety net was hit by losses from pension plans that have  failed or are expected to fail.
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Sometimes one retirement account really isn't enough.
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Onge and John Hughes. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the federal agency that protects retirement plans for more than 44 million workers, said Monday that its deficit more than doubled to $23.
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The longer-term solvency of the US fund that insures traditional pensions is at risk, the director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
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The number of complaints about mis-selling and poor administration of pensions soars.
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Prudential Financial Inc., the second largest US life insurer, said Tuesday its quarterly earnings more than doubled, helped by its acquisitions of Cigna&#39;s retirement business and American Skandia.
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Your 401(k) plan may be costing you more than you think.
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A federal agency said Wednesday that it has taken responsibility for a pension plan covering nearly 1,900 workers and retirees of Oneida Ltd., a designer and distributor of tableware.
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British Airways PLC said Friday its pensions fund deficit more than doubled and angered unions by proposing an increase in the retirement age and limiting pay raises as a way to reduce it.
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Thousands of workers who lost their pensions when firms went bust are expected to be given more financial help.
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The state's looming foreclosure crisis escalated last month as the number of homeowners threatened with foreclosure more than doubled from a year earlier.