Defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans are two employer-sponsored ways of helping to provide employees with a comfortable retirement. The difference between them lies primarily in who ...

Traditional pensions, known as defined benefit plans, have been on the decline since their heyday in the 1960s. Guaranteed ...

This article is intended to explain how the updated maximum dollar limits work across multiple defined contribution retirement plans. In addition ...

What Are the Features of a Defined Benefit Plan? A defined benefit plan guarantees retirement benefits for an employee. Some of the features include: Employer sponsored: The employer funds and manages ...

A defined benefit plan is a retirement option where the benefits paid on retirement are calculated using a fixed formula. The formula is typically based on the employee’s salary history and the number ...

Cash balance pensions are growing in popularity, but are they really a reliable strategy for securing wealth in retirement?

This column has been modified to correct the amount of the required contribution for Janet's DB plan. Minimizing taxes isn’t always the best idea. Rich found this out the hard way. You may have heard ...

For years, industry experts have been predicting a wholesale shift away from defined benefit health insurance plans to defined contribution. The reality, however, has been more complicated and nuanced ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Tenneco Inc. TEN, -1.89% Wednesday said it's freezing its current defined benefit plans and switching to making additional contributions under defined contribution plans, ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alegeus Technologies, the market leader in healthcare and benefit payments, today released the results of an original market research survey – commissioned by Alegeus, ...