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Business Definition for: Retirement
- the voluntary or forced termination of employment because of age, illness, or disability. Retirement age is often stipulated in the contract of employment. Differences between the retirement ages of men and women are no longer allowed in many countries. Employees may take early retirement from their employer, or may, with the agreement of their employer, take gradual, or phased retirement. A pension may be drawn on reaching retirement age.
Wiktionary Definition for: Retirement
- The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
- obsolete : A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
Additional Resources
- Retirement Planning: What to Do Now
- Whether you're 25 years away from retirement or you've already started packing up your office, there are specific steps you should now take to ensure your financial security. This step-by-step guide will keep you on track for a stress-free dismount from the corporate treadmill. 20 to 25 Years...
- Articles 2009-10-14
- Retirement Calculator Report Card: Are You Saving Enough?
- We put that question to the six top online retirement calculators and got six different answers. Here's how to use them to get the right answer. ...
- Articles 2009-08-11
- Rebuild Your Retirement Savings
- If you are in your 40s or younger, you probably have time to rebuild your savings before retirement. If you are in your 50s or older, and you had a lot of your 401k money in the stock market, you likely face a far grimmer truth: you may not be...
- Articles 2009-04-17
- Time for Some Intellectual Honesty from the ICI in the Retirement Debate
- I was all set to write about another topic this week, but upon reading the comments on Eric Schurenberg's recent post advocating change in the 401k system, I just had to chime in. And if you've read even a handful of my previous posts (such as the one on mutual...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Best Health and Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed
- As an entrepreneur, you need to become your own benefits manager. This guide will show you how to find the right health and retirement plans with the least amount of headaches. Health Benefits 1. Grab the subsidized COBRA deal, if...
- Articles 2009-08-27
- Retirement Withdrawals: Make Your Money Last a Lifetime
- For years you've been told that you could withdraw 4 percent of your retirement savings every year and you'd never run out of money. Turns out, it's not that simple. ...
- Articles 2009-07-29
- Early Retirement? You're Dreamin' | BTalk Australia
- The AMP Superannuation Adequacy Index recently demonstrated that many Australians don't have enough money for a comfortable retirement. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie asks Michael Davison, CPA Australia's Superannuation Policy Advisor, who is most at risk and how realistic is it to expect an early retirement. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-08
- Deferred Retirement
- Deferred Retirement is available to those members who have at least ten years of service credit and are not yet 60 years of age (55 for PFRS members) when they terminate employment. A member who is terminated from employment for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency is not eligible...
- White papers 2001-07-01
- American Bar Retirement Association and Corresponding ABA Members Retirement Program Change Name to ''ABA Retirement Funds''
- NORTH QUINCY, Mass. -- The American Bar Retirement Association and the affiliated ABA Members Retirement Program, both established more than 40 years ago by the American Bar Association to help the legal community with retirement planning and solutions, have now become "ABA Retirement Funds." ABA Retirement Funds offers tax-qualified...
- Research articles 2006-03-02
- Retirement advice and education tools. (Product Watch).
- * Nationwide Retirement Solutions Inc. will launch a retirement education and advice initiative in the summer for Nationwide's 8,200 public-sector retirement plan sponsors. Nationwide Retirement Solutions is a subsidiary of Nationwide Financial and * Nationwide Retirement Solutions Inc. will launch a retirement education...
- Research articles 2002-01-28
- Transamerica Retirement Services Launches New Fund Offering; Target Retirement Funds Provide Straightforward Investment Management Solution for Retirement Plan Participants
- LOS ANGELES -- Transamerica Retirement Services ('Transamerica')(1) has launched a new fund lineup to help make retirement planning and saving easier for its 450,000 small business retirement plan participants. New Target Retirement Funds from Vanguard offer all-in-one portfolios, providing a simple yet comprehensive means for individuals to build assets for...
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- NYT About Your 401 (k): Missing the Point on Retirement Reform
- The New York Times weighed in on the debate over 401 k plans this morning. There are a number of ideas that sound just peachy in the la-la land that the Editors must believe exists. But there's little in the piece that helps advance feasible retirement solutions here in the...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Retirement: The Hidden Health Risk
- In the year since the financial crisis hit, I've been struck how just about any retirement planning issue these days boils down to the same solution: Delay your retirement, and all will be good. Watched your 401k vaporize? Just plan to work a few years longer to...
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Beef Up Retirement Savings
- With their last child out of college, this was the year the Cadelinias were going to start putting serious money away for retirement. But the economic crisis whacked Sam's salary by 80 percent. Here's a savings and investment plan to get them back on track. When San Francisco...
- Articles 2009-10-28
- Retirement payment options
- To plan for a successful retirement, you must be familiar with the retirement payment options available to you from the retirement system. You should also consider your financial needs in retirement, your health, your beneficiary's health, the need to provide survivor benefits, life insurance benefits available, income from other sources,...
- White papers 2003-06-14
- Towards a Model of the Personal Retirement Savings Decision
- This paper proposes a model of the personal retirement savings decision based upon the involvements of individuals in the decision to save for their retirement. More particularly individual involvement is looked at in terms of perceived ownership of personal retirement savings, awareness of the need to save for retirement and...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Retirement Plan Participation: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Data
- An important component of saving for retirement is the availability and use of an employment-based retirement plan. The majority of Americans who have a retirement plan get it through the workplace, and Americans with a retirement plan have significantly more wealth than those without one. Consequently, determining who is eligible...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Three Generations Prepare for Retirement
- The retirement system is evolving. As defined contribution plans become increasingly central to employees' retirement income security, more responsibility for retirement financial preparedness is shifting directly to employees. Whereas employees may have once been able to rely heavily on pension plans and retiree medical benefits, in employer-sponsored retirement programs of...
- White papers 2006-02-01
- The Principal Financial Group Gives Retirement Savers a Reality Check; New Online Total Retirement View Shows Personal Account Values and Projects Retirement Income
- DES MOINES, Iowa -- It's one of the top concerns of many plan sponsors and their financial professionals today: educating employees so they get more out of their retirement plan. The Principal Financial GroupR announces Total Retirement View, a new online tool employers can use to boost employee appreciation of...
- Research articles 2005-06-15
- Prudential Retirement.(Prudential Retirement Services.)(Brief Article)
- Prudential Retirement launched Signature Online, a Web-based education center that brings together resources of Prudential and the Cigna retirement business, acquired in 2004, to offer retirement plan participants an online ... Prudential Retirement launched Signature Online, a Web-based education center that brings together resources of...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
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