Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bankruptcy.

Corporations.

Pensions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 2002

Summary:

Reviews the effect of Enron Corporation's bankruptcy on its employee 401(k) retirement plan, nearly two-thirds of the assets of which were shares of Enron stock. Explains the structure of major retirement plan types, as established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Revenue Act of 1978, and details the role of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Considers the question of whether limits should be placed on company contributions to 401(k) plans in the form of company stock

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans

Publisher Number:

CRS-2002-DSP-0103

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