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Plan to Cap Retirement Funds May Reach Beyond the Wealthy
… retirement accounts—including 401(k)s, defined benefit plans and IRAs—to an amount that would equal, in today ..... that while there are laws capping annuities from defined benefit plans , as well as limits for annual contributions to …
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Analysis Notes More Large Employers Freeze Defined Benefit Plans
… Fortune 1000 list that sponsor defined benefit plans , 237 have frozen at least ..... corporate drive to freeze defined benefit plans was picking up momentum ..... Fortune 1000 companies with defined benefit plans , had frozen at least one …
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Firms Try New Ways to Replace Frozen Defined -Benefit Plans
… companies freezing their defined - benefit plans has become standard fare ..... announced it would freeze its defined - benefit plans , didnâ t think that was ..... competitive replacement to our defined - benefit plans ," says Rex Abercrombie …
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Funding Improves Among S&P 500 Defined -Benefit Plans
… performance. Wilshire Consultingâ s annual study of defined - benefit plans that are sponsored by S&P 500 companies found ..... from 93 percent at the end of 2005. The S&P 500 defined - benefit plans ended 2006 with an aggregate surplus of $16 …
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Most Firms With DB Plans to Keep Them Open to New Hires
… committed," Glickstein said in an interview. Among defined benefit plans offered to new hires, 54 percent are hybrid plans ..... and defined contribution plans, but legally are defined benefit plans . "I do think we'll continue to see movement …
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401(k) Plan Contribution, Other Retirement Plan Limits Upped for 2013
… can be made to 401(k) plans will increase next year, as will the maximum benefit that can be funded through defined benefit plans , the Internal Revenue Service announced Oct. 18. The maximum annual contribution an employee can make through …
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Analysis Finds Defined -Benefit Plans Outpace 401(k) Returns
… from 1995 through 2007 for defined - benefit plans was 10.13 percent, compared ..... surprising that rates of return in defined - benefit plans have topped those of 401 ..... median rate of return for defined - benefit plans was 7.71 percent, compared …
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Young Workers Craving Defined Benefit Plans
… employees at companies with defined benefit plans said they intend to stay ..... thirds of workers under 40 said defined benefit plans are a key factor in their ..... defined contribution plans. Defined benefit plans promise a monthly annual benefit …
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More Employers Freeze Defined -Benefit Plans
… Fortune 1000 list that sponsor defined - benefit plans , 27 percent have frozen at ..... frozen at least one of their defined benefit plans . In 2004, as the corporate drive to freeze defined - benefit plans was gathering steam, only …
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Study Finds Defined -Benefit Plans Continue to Fall
… are phasing out traditional defined - benefit plans and hybrid plans , which ..... contribution plans, but legally are defined - benefit plans . For example, 22 Fortune ..... have been moving away from defined - benefit plans for the past couple of decades …
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Survey Defined -Benefit Plans Still in the Retirement Mix
… the decade terminated their defined - benefit plans â or froze the plans to new ..... to be exactâ still offer defined - benefit plans to new employees. Granted ..... Indeed, the total number of defined - benefit plans at the 100 largest companies …
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Ex-PBGC Chief Labels Migration From Defined -Benefit Plans ‘Shortsighted’
Abandoning defined - benefit plans for defined-contribution ..... the DC basket" and less in defined - benefit plans , Belt said in an interview ..... U.S. corporations with defined - benefit plans to switch to a defined-contribution …
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Nearly Half of Defined -Benefit Plans Closed to New Participants, Survey Finds
Forty-four percent of companies with defined - benefit plans have closed their plans to new participants, 3 ..... survey. Sixty-nine percent of companies with defined - benefit plans have no intention of making any changes affecting …
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IRS Extends Deadline to Alter Defined Benefit Plans
The one-year extension will likely give employers more time to prepare plan documents.
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Report Highlights Continued Decline in Defined Benefit Plans
Only 49 percent of 200 of the largest U.S. companies had ongoing defined benefit plans in 2009, down from 61 percent in 2006, according to Mercerâ s Retirement, Risk and Finance Perspective. Released Feb. 10 …
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Reflections on Our 90th Anniversary and a Few Thanks
… retirement plans in the 1930s and today . For decades, workers didn't have to worry much about retirement because defined benefit plans (e.g., pensions) kicked in. That's changed. Today, most companies don't offer pensions and the one …
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American Pilots Accept Contract With Pension Freeze Provision
… contingent on the resolution of the bankruptcy proceedings. American had already agreed to freeze three of four defined benefit plans for flight attendants, mechanics and ground crew, but failed to reach an agreement with the pilots' union at …
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Halting Defined -benefit Plans
… Watson Wyatt Worldwide research shows that the percentage of Fortune 1,000 firms freezing or terminating their defined - benefit plans has increased rapidly. In 2004, 11 percent, or 71 companies, froze or terminated their plans, up from 7 percent …
