Few people refer to their 401(k) as a “defined contribution plan.” In fact, many people appear to perceive a 401(k) or for that matter a 403(b) plan as an “investment plan.” Many employers view their ...

A defined benefit plan is funded and managed by an employer. A defined contribution plan is managed and funded by employees and boosted by employer contributions. Many or all of the products on this ...

The IRC permits two types of tax qualified plans: defined contribution plans, and defined benefit plans. A defined contribution plan is characterized by two elements: 1) each participant has an ...

A Trump Administration Executive Order on investments in private equity, real estate, and digital assets in defined contribution plans President Trump has issued an Executive Order ("Order") to enable ...

Britain’s Pantheon Ventures and Partners Group of Switzerland have spent several years developing private equity–centered investment products that offer daily valuations and liquidity for typically ...

On Dec. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court hosted the oral arguments for a defined-contribution case, Hughes v. Northwestern University. The court previously has adjudicated other defined-contribution suits, ...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies' report revealed more than four in ten of those in their 50s and early 60s with defined contribution pension pots had "no idea how to access their savings". The IFS ...

On February 4, 2022, the Canadian federal government released draft legislation to implement a variety of proposed tax measures, which are discussed in a number of separate articles by Bennett Jones.

A majority of corporate defined contribution plans expect to boost real asset allocations in the next two years, according to a global survey released by Aviva Investors on Jan. 29. As defined ...

Twice a year, it seems, Treasury mandarins climb on their favourite hobby horse and urge the chancellor to reduce the tax breaks on private pensions. They leak their arguments to sympathetic ...