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Joint Comments on Proposed Treasury Rules for Providing Lifetime Income

05/03/2012

Eight national women's organizations and the Pension Rights Center submitted comments to the Treasury Department regarding proposed regulations and revenue rulings on options for providing lifetime income in retirement.  The joint comments addressed the

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Speech by Karen Friedman at the 2012 Latino Retirement Security Summit

04/25/2012

Thank you to Jeff and to Latinos for a Secure Retirement for inviting me today to speak at this conference.

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Remarks by Karen Friedman at a discussion of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's white paper, "Private Retirement Benefits in the 21st Century: A Path Forward"

04/23/2012

Thank you so much to Aliya and the U.S.

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Group letter and memorandum to the Dept. of Labor on electronic disclosure

04/19/2012

The Pension Rights Center, along with six other organizations, send a letter and memorandum to the Department of Labor (DoL), expressing their support for DoL's current rules regarding electronic disclosure of retirement plan information.  The groups oppose making electronic disclosure the default method of communicating important details about their 401(k) plans for all workers and retire

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Pension Rights Center Testifies in Support of a Connecticut Bill about Public Retirement Plans

03/06/2012

Written Statement by Karen Friedman of the Pension Rights Center in Support of H.B. 5337, an Act Establishing a Task Force to Evaluate the Utility of Creating a Public Retirement Plan
Before the Committee on Aging of the Connecticut General Assembly

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Remarks by Karen Ferguson at "Retirement Heist: Overlooked Causes of the Retirement Crisis"

11/07/2011

PRC Director Karen Ferguson spoke at a forum at the New America Foundation about Retirement Heist, a new book by investigative reporter Ellen Schultz.  Also participating in the forum were Ellen Schultz, Assistant Labor Secretary Phyllis Borzi, David Certner of AARP, Don Fuerst of the American Academy of Actuaries, and Michael Calabrese of the New America Foundation.

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Pension Rights Center testifies on tax expenditures in retirement plans

09/15/2011

At a hearing before the U.S.

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Pension Rights Center testifies in support of proposed fiduciary rules

07/26/2011

The Pension Rights Center's Senior Policy Advisor Norman Stein testified in support of the Department of Labor's proposed fiduciary regulations at a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions

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Pension Rights Center supports proposed DOL regulation on definition of fiduciary

07/20/2011

The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to members of Congress supporting a proposed Department of Labor regulation that would protect participants in 401(k) plans and IRAs by changing the definition of a plan “fiduciary” to include firms and brokers that provide investment advi

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Speech by Karen Friedman to the American Council on Consumer Interests

04/15/2011

PRC Executive Vice President and Policy Director Karen Friedman spoke about the future of retirement income security at a luncheon at the annual conference of the American Council on Consumer Interests.

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