The bursting of the stock market bubble has left many private defined benefit pension plans underfunded, raising some concerns about the effects on cash flows and, for a few firms, on financial ...

Compare defined benefit vs. defined contribution plans -- see how pensions and 401(k)s differ in security, control and risk.

Once upon a time, many workers didn’t need to worry about how they would spread 401(k) savings across their retirement years. Instead, they participated in a defined-benefit pension plan. Employers ...

Since the Great Resignation in 2021 when employees across industries quit their jobs in large numbers, private sector employers have begun revisiting their benefit offerings to align with current ...

Most SECURE 2.0 articles focus on the changes applicable to defined contribution plans, such as 401(k) plans, and rightly so, since those plans were the most impacted by the law. However, SECURE 2.0 ...

Enacted last December as part of omnibus appropriations legislation, the “Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022” (SECURE 2.0) includes a number of provisions that have an impact on retirement plan ...