Tag: defined contribution plan

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The brief’s key findings are: In recent years, several states have shifted from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pension plans. Many of the new plans are “hybrids” with a slimmed down DB plan and a minimal DC plan, which shifts substantial risk to employees. A better hybrid design could offer a full DB…

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Abstract The maturation of the 401(k) system and the enactment of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, which made 401(k) plans easier and more automatic, were expected to enhance the role that 401(k)s played in the provision of retirement income.  So, originally, the release of the Federal Reserve’s 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) seemed…