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NEWS STORY

401(k) Accounts Are Not Retirement Plans

May 19, 2010

Congress created 401(k) accounts in 1978 as a way to close a loophole on executive bonuses. They were never intended as a replacement for traditional defined benefit pension plans--but today that is how they are often perceived, and as a result, many American workers will never have sufficient funds to retire as they would with a traditional or defined benefit retirement plan. Download the pdf.

SPOTLIGHT

2013 NCPERS Annual Conference

For sneak peeks at the upcoming Annual Conference presentations, click here.

MORE NEWS

Spring 2013 Issue of PERSist Now Available Online (April 25, 2013)

NCPERS Joins National Organizations Asking Congress Not to Sponsor PEPTA (April 25, 2013)

April 2013 Issue of the Monitor Now Available (April 4, 2013)

NCPERS Testimony on Maryland's SB 1051 (March 21, 2013)

NCPERS Responds to Media Coverage (March 5, 2013)

March 2013 Issue of the Monitor Now Available (March 1, 2013)

EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES

May 18-19, 2013
Trustee Educational Seminar
Honolulu, HI

May 19-23, 2013
Annual Conference & Exhibition
Honolulu, HI

August 19-21, 2013
Program for Advanced Trustee Studies
Cambridge, MA

October 27-30, 2013
Public Safety Conference
Rancho Mirage, CA

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