Retirement Savings News

CREF Holds Annual MeetingTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:34PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services provider, today held the CREF annual meeting at the organization’s offices in Charlotte, North Carolina. CREF is a SEC-registered investment company and the companion organization to TIAA, a New York-based life insurance company. Together, TIAA-CREF provides retirement plans, IRAs, mutual funds, brokerage services, life insurance ...

William Mapother: Elder Abuse in America TodayTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:23PMElder abuse occurs in a variety of forms: physical, mental, sexual, financial and neglect. With its focus on youth, consumption and productivity, and living for today, our culture is complicit in this turning away.

SOUTHGATE: City union contracts settled with concessionsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:58PMSOUTHGATE — Officials recently approved the last of the city union contracts, bringing them up to date in negotiations for nearly two more years.

Bizzline columnMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:21PMPenFinancial Credit Union and Cataract Savings and Credit Union will merge, effective Aug. 1, under the PenFinancial banner. Cataract has two branches in Niagara Falls and PenFinancial three branches in St.[...]

Wealth managers should come under regulatory ambitMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:49PMRajesh Bhojani, chief executive officer of International College of Financial Planning, says intermediary education can bring about the professionalism and reduce mis-selling across various products.