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Retirement Plan Auto-Enrollment Spurring High Participation Rates: Survey

(Photo: Shutterstock) Defined contribution plans see auto features as effective solutions to the retirement savings problem, according to NEPC’s 2020 DC Plan and Fee Survey, released Monday. Sixty-four percent of plans that participated in the study offer auto-enrollment, up from just 21% that did so in 2005, and 49% offer auto-escalation. The widespread adoption of …

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Founders Hall offers program for residents, retired, working

Lili Schroppe Feb. 8, 2021Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 12:27 p.m. Pictured is the Founders Hall logo. The communications manager at the donor-supported center for lifelong learning fitness, and fun in Ridgefield writes this column about the programs that the center has available for residents of the town, age 60, and older, who are retired, and working. …

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Newly Retired Quarterback Matt Schaub Lists Georgia Mansion for $4.89M

Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images, Realtor.com Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images, Realtor.com Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images, Realtor.com Newly Retired Quarterback Matt Schaub Lists Georgia Mansion for $4.89M The newly retired quarterback Matt Schaub is letting go of his Suwanee, GA, estate. The upscale abode is on the market for $4,895,000. Schaub purchased the property in April 2015 for $4.95 …

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SCOTUS Railroad Retirement Board’s Refusal to Reopen Claims

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts can review decisions by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board denying claimants’ requests to reopen prior benefits denials. Salinas v. U.S. R.R. Ret. Bd., No. 19-199 (Feb. 3, 2021). Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the majority, explained the relevant provision of the Railroad Retirement …

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Case made for Breyer to retire, and objections heard

Re “With Biden in office, when will Breyer retire?” (Opinion, Jan. 30): Arguing that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 82, should retire to allow President Biden to replace him with a younger justice, Kimberly Atkins justified her suggestion by decrying “procedural shenanigans” that allowed then-Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell to essentially void President Obama’s nomination …

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