Sentences with phrase «company pensions so»

They benefitted from rising real estate values and company pensions so shouldn't they all be well off?

Neither she nor her husband, Steve, has a company pension so they're looking to their personal savings to fund their lifestyle.

Not exact matches

With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap labor and no environmental responsibility, taking advantage of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it's refreshing to learn that some companies are taking the exact opposite approach.

With so many people concerned about the uncertain future of Social Security and the continued elimination of company pension plans, it's alarming how few small businesses offer their employees a 401 (k) plan.

«Most medium - sized companies won't have a defined benefit pension plan, like those offered by very large companies or the public sector, so they would want to look at a defined contribution plan,» she explains.

Moreover, the company keeps spending money it doesn't have on acquisitions, dividends, and buybacks, so it now sits with almost no excess cash and $ 660 million (68 % of market cap) in combined debt and underfunded pension liabilities.

So the idea is that the restructured company will walk away from its pension obligations.

Classifying pensions as senior debt won't stop bankruptcies if a company can't change with the market, but that's no reason for johnny - come - lately PE firms to ignore unfunded pension liabilities so they can take the cash & run.

Ackman's allegations aren't evidence that Herbalife committed fraud, so investor Abdul Awad and two pension funds that joined his suit can't show that losses they suffered were caused by the company's alleged misrepresentations, U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer in Los Angeles wrote in a March 16 ruling.

In fact, the company's assumed return on plan assets is so high that it allowed EK to book income from its pension plan equal to 2.2 % of its revenue last year.

Dividend income from Phil's company and some pension income could be split, so their effective tax rate might be just 15 per cent.

«My company offered me a nice retirement package including my pension and health benefits until I die, so I took it and planned to pursue my passion for travel.»

Isn't it lust that drains the life out of a man for a company, and then when he's middle - aged, throws him away, useless, so the company doesn't have to pay him the pension he spent all those years earning?

Also among the firms that agreed to pay stiff fines was Global Strategy Group, a Democratic political consulting company that arranged lucrative pension deals between the comptroller's office and investment firms, though it was not licensed to do so.

And the SEC will have the authority to give shareholders more say in corporate elections, so that investors and pension holders have a stronger role in determining who manages the companies in which they've placed their savings.

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Heastie called for closure of the so - called limited liability company loophole, «limiting big money in politics,» and pension forfeiture for lawmakers convicted of felonies.

There is also good news for the 8,000 or so members of the UFA in terms of engine company staffing and disability pension.

WE at our jobs are asked to absorb more medical coverage costs, so, why can't you negotiate with the unions and try to do the same... with pensions too... I really detest that WE have to help pay for increases to pensions when ours are at a standstill... and why can't our representatives have a freeze on their wages when many companies are laying off?

So if you've decided that a 60 % equity, 40 % fixed - income portfolio mix is right for you in retirement, then your CPP, OAS and company pension may be enough fixed income to reach 40 %.

Pension assets are held in trust, so a failing company can't grab them to pay other bills when it's trying to stave off bankruptcy.

who are paid by the companies that they audit, so it is for the pension actuaries — and there lies the conflict of interest.

Doug Hoyes: So, the real decision though is how much am I going to need over and above what will be there from things like CPP, OAS or if I'm one of the lucky ones who have a company pension plan, how much over and above that I will need and that's where it all comes back to tracking your spending now so that you can then take a guess projection as to what the future will holSo, the real decision though is how much am I going to need over and above what will be there from things like CPP, OAS or if I'm one of the lucky ones who have a company pension plan, how much over and above that I will need and that's where it all comes back to tracking your spending now so that you can then take a guess projection as to what the future will holso that you can then take a guess projection as to what the future will hold.

Dividend income from Phil's company and some pension income could be split, so their effective tax rate might be just 15 per cent.

And to see whether your pension benefit is covered by the PBGC and, if so, how much of your benefit this federal government agency would pay should your company default on its pension obligations, you should go to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp'pension benefit is covered by the PBGC and, if so, how much of your benefit this federal government agency would pay should your company default on its pension obligations, you should go to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp'pension obligations, you should go to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp'Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp's site.

Pension assets are held in a trust separate to the company's own funds, so the company can't dig into it when they're trying to stave off bankruptcy,» he says.

«Neither one of us has a company pension, and we won't be able to contribute much more than this to our RRSPs for the foreseeable future, so we worry,» says Kimberly.

Mike is 40 years old and is still in debt — his net worth is $ 5,000 or so (thanks to his company pension — otherwise his net worth would still be negative).

So they're comfortable taking big risks with the knowledge that they have safer investments in their RRSPs, company pension plans or non-registered accounts.

I suppose you could say that it is indirectly reduced by income tax payable on your pension, so planning when to take CPP, RRSP / RRIF withdrawals and company pensions should be considered so you can pay the least tax possible.

Please remember that the RRSP was created so people who did not have a company pension plan would have the same opportunity to build retirement assets as those lucky enough to belong to a plan at work.

So are pension funds, money - market funds, shareholders in life insurance companies, and even banks themselves.

We don't have big company pensions and probably never will have in future, so it's important to us to make the most of our $ 314,000 in retirement savings.

Capital Allocation: OK, I cheated a bit, I should have revealed Record is a cash - rich / zero debt company (with no pension / contingent liabilities)-- with free cash flow that consistently matches / exceeds earnings — so arguably, it's much cheaper than it shows up on the screens.

Q: So people preferred something that was easier to understand, rather than something superior, and companies used that to shed a more expensive pension system.

I didn't start paying properly into my pension until fairly recently and so If you're not already, I'd also make quite substantial, regular payments into one now, directly from your company, 15 - 17.5 % of your gross drawings.

So they're comfortable taking some risk in the knowledge that they have safer investments elsewhere: mainly RRSPs, company pension plans or non-registered accounts.

We have no company pensions, so we are willing to do part - time work until we die.»

Doug Hoyes: Yeah, and I guess if you're retired but you've got a significant pension, perhaps you worked for a company that had a full pension plan, maybe you were a government employee and worked for a big company, than you still have significant income coming in just not enough to be servicing all the debts so you don't want to do a bankruptcy with the negative implications for that so in those cases, a consumer proposal does work as well then.

I am never really sure why pension companies rely so much on fixed interest when shares (generally) grow the income they produce, just as your article shows.

Post Employment Obligations (This is the line of pension funding, and it is also where a lot of companies are getting into trouble, so pay attention here)

As times have changed, so have the importance and impact of various issues related to company pension plans.

So the company pension was an option not available to most Americans during the time prior to the advent of Social Security.

Doing so can save companies and their pension funds significant amounts, although Rosalind says that the BT case shows how much depends on individual scheme rules.

Most importantly, companies subscribe to this model because it involves lower overheads — the business has fewer employees and so is able to reduce the financial and administrative burden which accompanies things like paid sickness absence, disciplinary and grievances hearings, sick - pay, maternity, paternity and parental rights, and pension auto - enrolment.

After reading so many information's and searching on the net, now I have just bought a pension plan because I work in a private company and it is necessary for me to have something for my later quarter of my life:).

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