Dictionary definition: defined-contribution pension scheme

Dictionary definition: defined-contribution pension ...
A Dictionary of Business and Management;      291 words ...defined-contribution pension scheme ( DC scheme ) A pension scheme in which the benefits are based on the value of the contributions paid ... obtained from it at the date of retirement. Compare defined-benefit pension scheme .

Article: Real advice sessions.(defined contribution pension ...
Employee Benefits;  August 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... has introduced free financial advice sessions to help new staff better understand the company's defined contribution pension scheme. The amount the company contributes to the plan depends on employees' seniority, while staff can contribute ...

Article: News: Bridgeland challenges industry to design new DC ...
Pensions Week;  February 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ...UK defined contribution (DC) pension schemes should consider using cash funds as part of lifestyle investment strategies for new members, according to a leading investment consultant. Sally Bridgeland, an associate at Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow, says behavioural finance research showed new DC

Dictionary definition: occupational pension scheme
A Dictionary of Business and Management;      357 words ... ... that the scheme complies with the conditions allowing employers to contract out of the State Second Pension (see State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme ). See also defined-benefit pension scheme ; defined-contribution pension scheme .

Dictionary definition: money-purchase pension scheme
A Dictionary of Business and Management;      249 words ...money-purchase pension scheme A defined-contribution pension scheme as opposed to a defined-benefit pension scheme .

Article: ADB TO HELP DEVELOP INDIAN PENSION SCHEME.
AsiaPulse News;  June 7, 2004 ;     585 words ... ... technical assistance in implementing a new pension scheme in the unorganised sector. "We are working ... drawing up guidelines for the new defined contribution pension system. The new pension scheme was introduced in January this year for ...

Article: 47,000 JAPAN WORKERS GIVE UP PENSION SCHEME WHEN ...
AsiaPulse News;  July 18, 2006 ;     609 words ... ... some 47,000 people had abandoned their 401(k)-style defined-contribution pension plans when switching jobs, apparently because many did not know that the pension scheme could be continued at their new place of employment, it was learned ...