The Watson Wyatt survey found more employees with defined benefit (DB) plans (62%) are satisfied with their retirement program compared with those with only defined contribution (DC) plans (51%). Some ...

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 ...

Recent equity and bond market volatility reminds us that the market cycle persists. But so do the benefits that defined benefit plans offer to employers and their workforce, including tax advantages, ...

A Mercer survey finds CFOs are looking at plan design changes or risk transfers, in lieu of walking away from the plans entirely. Fewer plan sponsors are considering terminating their defined benefit ...

Traditional defined benefit pensions — once the cornerstone of retirement security — have largely vanished from the workplace as employers moved the responsibility for saving and investing onto ...

When IBM said it would be unfreezing its defined benefit plan, speculation swirled about whether this signaled the resurgence of traditional pensions. Then there was silence. No, 2024 didn't usher in ...

Capital market uncertainty escalated in early April to levels not seen since the global financial crisis and the early months of the COVID pandemic in 2020. The result was a spike in the volatility ...