ICMA-RC News & Updates
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- Emergency Economic Stabilization Bill Becomes Law
- ICMA-RC, posted October 6, 2008
- The House of Representatives Friday (October 3, 2008) gave final approval of the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act on a vote of 263 to 171. President Bush signed the legislation into law shortly after.
- Treasury Department Rolls Out Money Market Guarantee Program
- ICMA-RC, posted October 6, 2008
- On September 29, 2008, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the establishment of a Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. Under this program, Treasury will guarantee that eligible money market fund investors will receive $1 for each money market share held as of September 19, 2008. The program is designed to respond to what Treasury called "temporary dislocations in the credit markets" that came after some money market funds saw their share prices fall below $1, known as "breaking the buck."
- Senate Bill Offers Retirement Plan Tax Breaks to Cope with Midwestern Storms
- ICMA-RC, posted September 26, 2008
- A Message from ICMA-RC President and CEO Joan McCallen
- ICMA-RC, posted October 6, 2008
- ICMA-RC Statement Regarding Lehman Bros., AIG, Merrill Lynch, and Washington Mutual Developments
- ICMA-RC, posted September 26, 2008
- Several developments concerning large financial institutions had an impact on the stock market on Monday September 15th.
- Federal Government Moves to Stabilize Mortgage Markets with Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- ICMA-RC, posted September 9, 2008
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the government’s temporary takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Proposed Legislation Aims to Limit 401(k) Loans
- ICMA-RC, posted August 28, 2008
- Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) recently introduced a bill, S. 3278, which would prohibit companies from issuing 401(k) debit cards.
- All Eight Milestone Funds Now Carry Four or Five Stars
- Posted August 18, 2008
- Five Vantagepoint Funds have received updated overall star ratings3 from Morningstar effective July 2008, giving all eight Vantagepoint Milestone Funds1 an overall rating of four or five stars.
- Vantagepoint Funds Outperform in 2nd Quarter
- ICMA-RC, posted August 1, 2008
- ICMA-RC’s Vantagepoint Funds1 target-risk Model Portfolio Funds1,4 again outperformed Morningstar category peer medians in the second quarter, with all five funds in the top one-third of peers.
- President Bush Approves Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008
- Posted July 31, 2008
- President Bush signed legislation in June that improves retirement plan benefits of employees who serve in the military in part by bridging their service to their existing employment benefits.
- Financial Stability and Market Volatility: Putting it All in Perspective
- ICMA-RC, posted July 23, 2008
- Recent news about bank failures and the turmoil surrounding the housing market can contribute to investors’ concerns about the stability of various financial institutions.
- House Subcommittee Hearing Considers Changes in IRA Incentives
- ICMA-RC, posted July 11, 2008
- The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a hearing in June to consider changes to existing Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) that are proposed in two House bills.
- Vantagepoint Milestone Funds “Age” Portfolios
- ICMA-RC, posted July 15, 2008
- Vantagepoint Funds today announced the completion of the latest “aging” of its Milestone Fund portfolios.
- Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner Honors Fallen Police, Firefighters, and Public Employees
- ICMA-RC, posted July 15, 2008
- Forty surviving children and spouses of fallen firefighters, police officers and other public safety workers received Vantagepoint Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund awards at a dinner this evening at Union Station in Washington, DC.
- Miller Ends Pursuit of 401(k) Fee Disclosure Legislation
- ICMA-RC, posted June 23, 2008
- House Education and Labor Chairman George Miller (D-CA) recently acknowledged that his bill regarding 401(k) fee disclosure would not clear the House this session. Miller cited opposition from the House Ways and Means Committee and the White House, as well as difficulties gaining momentum for the bill in the Senate, as reasons for abandoning the legislation.
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