WASHINGTON, May 22- Pension funds- those old guaranteed-benefit retirement plans your grandma might have told you about- outperform those in 401 plans year after year, according to new research from consulting company Towers Watson.
CHICAGO, May 21- A job and a paycheck- they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream? They want a piece of the $5.1 trillion in assets that the Investment Company Institute says was in workplace retirement plans last year.
*Austria's Fekter welcomes plan to boost coffers. LONDON, Feb 14- The European Union's executive formally proposed on Thursday a tax on financial trading in 11 countries to raise up to 35 billion euros annually, a step investors said would hit savers and pension pots.
*Options limited amid tight budgets, Washington gridlock. WASHINGTON, Feb 5- For too many of Vada Lindsey's lower-income clients, their hard-earned 401 accounts become go-to emergency funds when they are faced with unexpected cash needs.