Unions have asked for a restoration of defined benefit (DB) retirement plans in recent strike negotiations, signaling a renewed appetite for pensions rather than defined-contribution plans that ...

As corporate and public pensions struggle, pension plan sponsors and advisors need to stay abreast of the latest regulations, problems, litigation, and solutions. From news about failing pensions ...

Defined benefit transfer activity fell to a record low in February, data from XPS has found. XPS Group’s Transfer Activity Index fell to the lowest observed rate since the Index was established ...

A desire for certainty is driving the demand for defined benefit-like features within retirement plans, one reason for the ongoing interest in guaranteed lifetime income products.

"There's a lot of things being proposed here that I think federal employees are really going to want to pay some close attention to," said Thiago Glieger.

This list is selected based on employer contribution rates, scheme generosity - such as whether it’s a defined benefit (DB) ...

For decades, workers could count on their employers to continue sending them checks even after they retired. A traditional pension — also known as a defined benefit plan — was the norm in ...

House Bill 78 would reinstitute an option for a defined benefit retirement system similar to one the state discontinued almost 20 years ago. Current employees could convert to the new system and ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a third of all elderly Americans lived in poverty. Slashing that number to under 10 percent by the late 1990s was among the great U.S. triumphs of the 20th ...