Boston College

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  Medicare plays important role in retirement decision

  By Maria Wood  |  June 3, 2013

  Workers are more likely to retire at 65 if they lack employer-sponsored health insurance in retirement.

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  Workers need to put more dollars in DC plans

  By Maria Wood  |  April 24, 2013

  As companies shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans, workers must be engaged in the process and save more, experts say.

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  U.S. retirement industry could learn from Australia’s successes

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  April 19, 2013

  The U.S. could learn a few lessons from Australia’s system, which combines mandated individual savings and a means-tested government pension.

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  Conflicts-of-interest cost retirement investors billions

  By Chris Carosa  |  April 11, 2013

  What's the true cost of (the lack of) a uniform fiduciary standard?

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  Long-term care: What's at risk?

  By Steve Schoonveld  |  November 1, 2012

  Clients who lack a plan for long-term care costs create complications for themselves, their retirement plans and their friends and family.

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  New York Life contributes $5M to American College

  By Noah Guillaume  |  September 26, 2012

  The contribution will go toward establishing the institution’s first professional doctorate degree.

• Road to retirement shouldn’t be paved with stocks

  By Staff Writer  |  August 17, 2012

  Advisors should be instructing clients to work longer, cut spending and use a reverse mortgage, according to a new study.

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  A Fresh Approach to Managing Risk in Variable Annuities

  By Daniel Hayes  |  July 19, 2012

  These new risk-managed asset-allocation strategies protect capital and tamp down volatility in VAs.

• Are we lying to ourselves about our pension problems? (TIME)

  By Staff Writer  |  June 28, 2012

  The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is changing the bookkeeping rules so new pension plan reporting better reflects reality.

• Retirement Bottom Line: Many Will Have to Work Until 70 (USA Today)

  By Staff Writer  |  April 24, 2012

  Seventy could be the new 65 for retirees who don't have enough saved up.