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Defined Benefit Plan
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Eyepopping Unfunded Pension Debt Reinforces 401(k) Need
The Pew Charitable Trusts analyzed the state pension funding gap for fiscal year 2016, the most recent year for which comprehensive data were available for all 50 states.
Differences Shrink Between DC and DB Plan Returns
DC plan returns are rising, narrowing the gap with DB funds as improved design and lower costs boost performance over time.
Here’s Why (Again) 401ks Are So Important
In 2016, the stars appeared to align for defined benefit (DB) pension plans. Interest rates rose. Stock market…
What’s the Funding Status of Your Client’s 401k Plan?
In the world of defined benefit (DB) plans, retirement plan sponsors embrace a liability-based framework for measuring investment…
Shock (Not)! Public Employees Like Pensions
Even though public and private sector employers find them impossible to afford, a new study reports that public…
Are Multiemployer Plans in Trouble or Not?
The financial crisis last decade walloped multiemployer retirement plans, most notably the Teamsters and United Mineworkers of America.
Will Public Sector Retirement Problems Point to 401(k)s?
Are 401ks the answer? An overreliance on public-pension promises has many government employees on shaky retirement ground, as…
Police Dogs to Get Defined Benefit Plans
For the fiscally conservative canine lover, this will be very confusing. The Sacramento Bee’s Jim Miller reports on…
Agency Predicts ‘$224 Trillion Retirement Gap’ (Seriously)
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together—mass hysteria. Not to be flip about the World Economic Forum’s prediction of…
What’s a ‘Hybrid’ 401(k) and Why Is It So Popular?
Cash balance plans, those quirky—and increasingly popular—defined benefit/401(k) hybrids, saw a 19 percent annual increase and a rise…