Article: SBC bucks trend by moving to traditional pension plan.

Article: Towers Perrin Actuary Addresses Transition Issues That Arise When ...
Business Wire;  June 9, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Are Key to a Successful Cash Balance Plan Transition In testimony ... decides to move from a traditional pension plan to a cash balance plan. "Clearly it would be inaccurate to describe cash balance plans as better or worse ...

Article: Bank to convert to cash balance plan; SunTrust also ...
Business Insurance;  February 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... converting its traditional pension plan to a cash balance plan, the ... attractions of cash balance plans for ... contrast, traditional pension plans typically ... convert a traditional pension plan to a cash balance plan after ...

Article: Cash-balance conversion called harmful by GAO.
Investment News;  October 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... employers convert traditional pension plans into cash-balance plans, but younger ... employers with cash-balance plans rather than those with traditional pension plans. Moreover ... companies switch to cash-balance plans, the GAO ...

Article: Q&A About Shift to Cash Balance Plans
AP Online;  December 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... when a company switches to a cash balance plan. Traditional pension plans are designed so that the ... hit when companies convert from traditional pension plans to cash balance plans. Traditional pension plans reward workers for sticking ...

Article: GAO REPORTS: Young and old hurt in switch to cash ...
Pensions & Investments;  October 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... convert their traditional pension plans into cash balance plans. But ... conversions to cash balance plans states ... income. In traditional pension plans, workers ... employers with cash balance plans than to those with traditional pension plans. ...

Article: SLOW GOING: EEOC delays decision on cash balance ...
Pensions & Investments;  May 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... conversions of traditional pension plans to cash balance plans. In a ... benefits under traditional pension plans are earned ... that, under a traditional pension plan, an employee ... while under a cash balance plan the pattern ...

Article: Pension Changes Draw Fire; Bill Would Require Full Disclosure of ...
The Washington Post;  July 18, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... converted its traditional pension to a cash-balance plan "to attract ... easy to install a cash-balance plan in place of a traditional {pension} plan and cover ... been involved in cash-balance plans five or six ...