Considering a Lump-Sum Pension Payout? Here’s What to Know, and Why to Act Soon.

Workers who are considering taking a lump-sum payment from their employer-sponsored pension in retirement shouldn’t wait much longer to decide, as the Federal Reserve’s planned series of interest-rate...

Opinion: This giant pension scandal is hiding in plain sight

Hard working Americans, many on low wages, are losing pension dollars they earned. It affects millions. And it’s legal. In a nutshell: Some of America’s biggest companies run their shop floors so that...

Giant Pension Bought AMD, Tilray, Uber, and Petrobras Stock

Text size An AMD EPYC processor. Courtesy AMD New Jersey’s state pension materially increased investments in some of its larger positions. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, the pension’s larg...

Senator Introduces Financial Freedom Act to Allow Crypto in Pension Plans

The Republican lawmaker believes the government should not limit the type of assets that people can select for their retirement plans. In an op-ed for CNBC on May 5, Tuberville wrote that: “The federa...

Fidelity, Bitcoin pension funds worry senators

In a letter to Abigail Johnson, CEO of Fidelity, Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Tina Smith of Minnesota expressed great concern about the decision to add Bitcoin to pension funds. US s...

Virginia county looks to crypto yield farming for pension system investments

Fairfax County, Virginia, has already allocated portions of its pension funds to crypto and blockchain investments, but it’s considering wading further into the space with a larger investment in...

Virginian county wants to put pension funds into DeFi yield farming

The Northern Virginia county of Fairfax has already invested a part of its pension funds in crypto and blockchain startups. Now, it’s mulling over deeper involvement with decentralized finance (...

‘Grave Concerns’ Over Fidelity’s Bitcoin Pension Plans

The proposal by Fidelity Investments to let clients put bitcoin into their 401(k) plans poses a danger to the financial security of Americans, the Department of Labor has said. “We have grave concerns...

Fidelity, pension plans in Bitcoin

Fidelity Investment, the world’s fourth-largest pension fund manager, stated on Tuesday that it will allow people to allocate part of their retirement savings in Bitcoin through their investment plans...

Mutual Fund giant pushes Bitcoin pension plans

Bitcoin savings plan has been introduced by Fidelity. Mutual fund large Fidelity Investments is within the right direction not off course to permit customers to feature Bitcoin in their 401(k) savings...

Scaramucci’s SkyBridge to Add Bitcoin to Its 401(k) Pension Scheme, Following Fidelity’s Example

Yuri Molchan Antony Scaramucci has tweeted that Bitcoin would become part of SkyBridge’s 401(k) program SkyBridge Capital founder and chief executive Scaramucci has taken to Twitter to announce ...

Fidelity Investments to offer Bitcoin for pension funds

U.S.-based Fidelity Investments — the largest provider of pension plans in the country — plans to offer its clients the option to put their retirement funds in Bitcoin (BTC), according to a report fro...

Fidelity Pushes Bitcoin Further Into Mainstream by Offering It for Pension Plans

Alex Dovbnya Mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments will allow allocating retirement funds to Bitcoin Mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments is on track to allow customers to add Bitcoin to their 401(...

How to Invest a Lump Sum Pension Payout

SmartAsset: How to Invest a Lump Sum Pension Payout A pension plan promises to pay a defined benefit for the length of an employee’s retirement. Depending on your financial circumstances, you may cons...

Big Pension Sells GM and Nvidia Stock. It Bought Ford and Intel.

Text size GMC vehicles Brandon Bell/Getty Images Alabama’s pension has made some intra-sector trades among its bigger investments. Retirement Systems of Alabama slashed an investment in General Motors...

U.S. Pension Giant to Vote to Replace Buffett as Berkshire Chair

(Bloomberg) — California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest public pension fund in the U.S., said it plans to vote for a shareholder proposal that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. replace b...

I have a government job and a small pension. I’m planning to work a few more years. Should I file for Social Security now or wait?

A recent reader email introduced the very common question: Should I file for Social Security now or wait? Here’s the email: I am turning 66 in June, approaching full retirement. I am a federal employe...

Is a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA Tax Deductible?

Payments made to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA are tax-deductible for employers, but there is an annual limit on contributions. SEP IRAs are funded solely by the employer using tax-deductibl...

‘We are not sure how prepared we are for retirement’ – we are 60 and 61, and don’t know how much longer we can work, have $360,000 in retirement savings and a pension

I am a 61-year-old teacher in Missouri who plans to work 3-4 more years before retiring. Depending on what option my husband and I choose from the Public School Retirement System, we should get betwee...

25% Of Millennials Are Relying Upon Cryptocurrency For Finance Their Pension

Millennials are just as likely to invest in cryptocurrencies as they are in the stock market (37%), and 25% say they are using cryptocurrency to help fund their retirement plans. In terms of cryptocur...

Here’s How We Bolster Music Education: Use Our Pension Pots

Public sector pension funds – including teachers funds and national pension pots – are investing in the music business. The Michigan State Teachers Pension Fund, for example, invested $1.1...

My wife and I are in our 50s with $300,000 in a 401(k) and $700,000 in a pension. I can’t work much longer and am ‘embarrassed’ we didn’t prepare better. Will we be able to ‘live a simple life’ in retirement?

I’m 53 years old, a registered nurse and planning to retire at 58. I am married, my wife is two years older than I am and she plans to retire at 62. We have a good marriage and friendship. We have thr...

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Leads £210M Round in UK-Based Consumer Finance Platform Lendable

  Lendable.co.uk, a major AI-powered consumer finance platform based in London, announced on Thursday it raised £210 million in a funding round led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board through ...

Pension fund leads $276 million investment in loan platform Lendable

advertisement Consumer loan platform Lendable announced a $276 million (£210 million) funding round at a valuation of $4.6 billion on Thursday. The round was led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Pla...

Giant U.S. Pension Bought Up EV Stocks NIO, XPeng, Li Auto, and Rivian

Text size A Nio eP9 car Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images The second-largest U.S. pension by assets bought up shares of four electric-vehicle makers as 2021 was coming to a close. Unfortunately, the...

Giant Pension Exited Alibaba and Bought Coinbase, Lucid, and Rivian Stock

Text size Alibaba is no longer a holding in a New Jersey pension fund. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Late in 2021, New Jersey’s state pension bought up newly public stocks that have plunged so far i...

Giant Pension Sold Apple, Intel, and Qualcomm Stock. It Bought Nvidia.

Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** The Apple logo Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images One of the world’s largest public pensions by assets made major changes in its investments in large-cap tech stocks a...

Rise of early retirement threatens pension poverty timebomb

Rise of early retirement threatens pension poverty timebomb Boris Johnson came out fighting at Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons last week. The besieged premier chose the jobs market as one of...

‘Bitcoin will untether itself from other assets,’ says exec with note for pension funds

The crypto-market mayhem has even got the first Bitcoin ETF in the red after a stellar debut. According to a Bloomberg report, BITO is now among the 10 worst performers amid the broader market weaknes...

Opinion: Social Security blows it again

Social Security had another disastrous financial year in 2022 even as it hurtles toward insolvency. America’s main pension plan saw its investments badly trail the booming markets, competitors, and ev...