According to Spectrem, defined-contribution accounts gained 19% in 2009. From Wordnik.com. [401(k)s' Bear-Market Bruises Are Healing] Reference
Thomas Fontaine, head of defined-contribution investment for AllianceBernstein. From Wordnik.com. [A Hedge Fund Lurking in Your 401(k)] Reference
No, it applies only to IRAs, 401 (k) s, and similar defined-contribution retirement plans. From Wordnik.com. [Details on the New IRA Rule] Reference
Pension schemes should use defined-contribution arrangements, the association's research concluded. From Wordnik.com. [Group urges one market] Reference
It insures many traditional, defined-benefit plans but not defined-contribution plans like 401 (k) s. —. From Wordnik.com. [What if you lose your job #5: Retirement plans] Reference
"This is big," says Robyn Credico, national director of defined-contribution consulting for Watson Wyatt. From Wordnik.com. [No Match] Reference
From that point on, pilots and some other unionized groups switched to defined-contribution pension plans. From Wordnik.com. [Northwest Pilots File Complaint] Reference
At issue are modifications Northwest made Jan. 1 to its defined-contribution pension plan for its 4,500 pilots. From Wordnik.com. [Northwest Pilots File Complaint] Reference
Roughly two-thirds of target-date fund assets are invested through 401 (k) and other defined-contribution plans. From Wordnik.com. [Target-Date Funds Come Under Fire] Reference
By 2005, complaints from employees and the union about low balances in the defined-contribution plan had mounted. From Wordnik.com. [When 401(k) Investing Goes Bad] Reference
Or you freeze the defined-benefit pension program and shift over to a defined-contribution program that costs less. From Wordnik.com. [R. Eden Martin: Springfield Rally Missed the Point] Reference
The break also applies to holders of inherited IRAs, inherited Roth IRAs, 401 (k) s and other defined-contribution plans. From Wordnik.com. [Rules Governing First IRA Distribution Can Tax You] Reference
More than 80 percent of government workers have defined benefits — as opposed to defined-contribution — pension plans. From Wordnik.com. [Trickle-Down Misery in L.A.] Reference
Forced moves from defined-benefit to defined-contribution pension plans, for example, shift risk from employers to employees. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Burt: A Game of Risk] Reference
Liberals believe that defined-benefit plans, which pay a schedule of benefits, are much safer than defined-contribution plans. From Wordnik.com. [At 75, Social Security Isn't Aging Well] Reference
Most active workers are in defined-contribution pensions, but companies in the U.K. have a total pension debt of £960 billion. From Wordnik.com. [Europe slowly responds to pension issues] Reference
CitiStreet is a retirement-plan and benefit-service and administration organization in the U.S. defined-contribution marketplace. From Wordnik.com. [ING to Boost U.S. Operations] Reference
In the private sector, defined-benefit pensions have declined over the years in favor of defined-contribution plans such as the 401 (k). From Wordnik.com. [How to Tackle Government Labor Costs] Reference
"There's a halo effect," says Kristi Mitchem, head of the U.S. defined-contribution business at Barclays PLC's Barclays Global Investors. From Wordnik.com. [Despite Risks, Workers Guzzle Company Stock] Reference
Josh Cohen, defined-contribution practice leader at Russell Investments, which consults to companies that sponsor 401 (k) retirement plans. From Wordnik.com. [How to Pick a Target-Date Fund] Reference
And the new people can be enrolled in defined-contribution pension plans that require employee contributions instead of defined-benefit plans. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tackle Government Labor Costs] Reference
The share of participants in defined-contribution pension plans, such as 401 (k) plans, is growing and the share in defined-benefit plans shrinking. From Wordnik.com. [Cea Summary 1999 Economic Report Of The President] Reference
But workers with defined-contribution plans should take advantage of the "free money" they receive in the form of their employers 'matching payments. From Wordnik.com. [Scrimp to Save More Than Money] Reference
The small business market -- companies with fewer than 500 workers -- had been one of the fastest-growing segments of the defined-contribution market. From Wordnik.com. [Some Firms Suspend Their 401(k) Match] Reference
CPS teachers have no Social Security benefits, and so slashing their pension benefits or switching to a defined-contribution system is borderline cruel. From Wordnik.com. [Paras Bhayani: Whose Fault is the CPS Budget Crisis?] Reference
That phrasing has been interpreted by some observers to mean a conversion to "guaranteed retirement accounts" from defined-contribution plans, such as 401 (k) s. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans Warn Against Change to 401(K) Policy] Reference
Unlike previous generations, these workers will have built up substantial savings in a retirement system based on 401 (k) s and other defined-contribution plans. From Wordnik.com. [Chasing Boomer Dollars] Reference
And in West Virginia and Nebraska, lawmakers moved back to the pension system after a failed experiment with a system of individual defined-contribution accounts. From Wordnik.com. [Dumping Defined-Benefit Plans Has a Cost, Too] Reference
At the end of 2008, 16% of the corporate defined-contribution plans Fidelity administers had adopted auto-enrollment, up from just 2% at the end of 2006, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Automatically Enrolled Into Turmoil] Reference
But most importantly, governments must move away from the defined-benefit model and shift employees to defined-contribution retirement options like 401 (k) and 403 (b) plans. From Wordnik.com. [The Teacher Pension Nightmare] Reference
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