Retirement Fund

Americans might be counting on the day when home and retirement-fund values start to rise again, but anyone expecting to benefit from a future boom in prices should take note: Economic policymakers around the world are looking for ways to make sure that doesn't happen, or at least not with such intensity that it risks the kind of bust that usually follows. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The hospital last month announced 140 job cuts, salary freezes, and reductions in vacation allowances and retirement-fund contributions to make up a $20 million budget shortfall. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Allison, 65 years old, spent most of his career at Merrill Lynch & Co. before heading TIAA-CREF, a retirement-fund manager for college employees. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She bundled up tax records, savings statements and retirement-fund reports and applied to the State of Oregon for hardship status. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Linda Lubitz is a financial planner whose own $10,000 retirement-fund holdings in Amerifirst Bank became worthless when the bank was taken over by the Resolution Trust Corp. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The actuaries 'high expectancy for the U.K. likely reflects that country's tough standards for measuring longevity more than British workers' health, making U.K. corporate retirement-fund liabilities appear 10%-15% larger than those of overseas competitors, according to a survey by pensions consultancy Hewitt Associates ❋ Unknown (2008)

The fastest-growing pension system is that of Australia, where compulsory contributions for the entire working population have meant that retirement-fund assets have burgeoned at an annual average compound rate of 27% since 2002. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Is Congress considering limits on how much retirement-fund money employees can invest in their own company stock? ❋ Unknown (2002)

U.S. asset managers will succeed if they innovate retirement-fund management and diversify abroad, says this Goldman analyst. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Trendell and her husband had to submit a pile of bank statements, retirement-fund tallies, and years of tax returns that stacked almost two inches high, she says.

Trendell and her husband had to submit a pile of bank statements, retirement-fund tallies and years of tax returns that stacked almost two inches high, she says. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Some Ameriprise employees are suing the company because it limited their retirement-fund choices to Ameriprise-owned funds.