Article: 401(K) PLANS TAKE THE LEAD BIG COMPANIES TURN AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL PENSION PLANS.(BUSINESS)

Article: WHY ARE TRADITIONAL PENSION PLANS ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  September 1, 2005 ;     670 words ... ... company could discharge its pension plans to a federal agency called ... classic example of the demise of traditional pension plans and the upswing in 401(k) plans. "(The traditional pension) has become less popular ...

Article: Life Without the Long Bond; As Treasury Stops Issuing the 30-Year ...
The Washington Post;  November 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... One such place is lump-sum distributions from pension plans. These distributions are offered by some, but not all, traditional pension plans to retiring workers in lieu of a lifetime stream ...

Article: Are traditional pension plans an endangered ...
Indianapolis Business Journal;  February 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Defined benefit plans, or pension plans as they are more commonly known ... Recently, however, the use of pension plans has dropped dramatically. In ... was covered by these plans. Traditional pension plans have fallen sharply out of favor ...

Article: The Pension Protection Act of 2006: is it too late to save ...
Suffolk University Law Review;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... industrial companies established pension plans. (26) Even at the outset ... recently emerged to complement traditional pension plans and encourage individual ... originally designed to augment traditional pension plans and ease portability concerns ...

Article: Companies continue to move away from traditional ...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 14, 2007 ;     429 words ... ... largest companies continue to move away from traditional pension plans, with more than four in 10 now offering new ... nation's 100 largest companies, just 31 offered traditional pension plans in 2006, according to a study by the Watson ...

Article: Traditional Pension Plans Outperformed ...
PR Newswire;  November 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Rates of return for professionally managed traditional pension plans outpaced those for employee- directed 401 ... 401(k) plans achieved higher returns than traditional pension plans, according to an analysis by Watson Wyatt ...

Transcript: Profile: Traditional pension plans ...
NPR Morning Edition;  July 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Edition 07-09-2003 Profile: Traditional pension plans becoming increasingly underfunded ... the proposals would subject pension plans to much more economic volatility ... to sponsor defined benefit pension plans. They might go with 401 ...