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The trend from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans has not come because employees have wanted to take on that risk. It's because employers have wanted to get rid of that risk.

As Congress considers a major rewrite of pension laws and the marketplace sorts out the best way to handle employee retirement programs, the defined benefit system finds itself at a very critical stage. Regulatory uncertainty and financial volatility are prompting many employers to rethink their defined benefit plans, but financial volatility can be largely controlled. Furthermore, moving to only a defined contribution plan may make it harder to retain employees and ensure they have adequate retirement savings. Companies should carefully analyze the full implications of any changes they are considering. Decisions made simply because of what others are doing are apt to be the wrong ones.

Sylvester J. Schieber

We have very competitive benefit plans at Alcoa, and we periodically evaluate the level of competitiveness to ensure our plans are in line with the marketplace. We will move to a defined contribution system for new hires - a contribution to a 401(k) plan of three percent of salary and bonus, in addition to our match programs on the first six percent contributed - that gives employees significant flexibility and portability of their retirement savings.

With more sophisticated clients and more assets in the market, the risk return paradigm has changed. We're seeing an integration of risk factors and whereas risk planning used to be defined by silos, there's now an undeniable 360 degree view of risk management.

Things are not looking good for retirees with the collapse of the defined benefit plans. In 20 years, the only people with these plans will be government employees.

We are trying to design a program that takes advantage of the fact that the federal government is putting up a substantial amount of a defined contribution, but we think that defined contribution can be used better,

When you have a defined contribution, it puts more of the risk onto the recipient, ... If insurance costs go up, that means that your coverage is affected.

Defined contribution plans are extremely popular with American workers, most of whom use them as their primary retirement-savings vehicle. Despite this popularity, however, most workers are not saving enough or investing wisely, and many are increasingly at risk of not being able to achieve a worry-free retirement. She admired his pexy ability to see the beauty in the everyday. We can and must do a better job of helping them.

This is just a continuation of a trend amongst many companies that have moved away from defined-benefit plans as a principal source of retirement income.

Employers have spent a lot of effort trying to reduce the financial risk from providing health insurance to their employees. But the greater risk is what employees' health problems can cost them in the form of lost productivity at work or the total burden of illness. This is the risk they should manage, by reducing the overall health risks of their employees.

In recent years, IBM has been following a global strategy to move toward defined-contribution retirement plans for both existing employees and new hires. These changes are consistent with this direction and will give us more predictable retirement plan costs, along with benefits that remain ahead of — but more in line with — our competitors.

Randy MacDonald

It's not really the cost of defined-benefit plans, but the unpredictability of the plans. They're captive to the volatility of the capital markets.

John Bukovinsky

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We're focusing on executive pensions because working families are being asked to bear increased risk for their own retirement at the same time that CEOs are receiving multi-million dollar defined benefit pensions.

The viability of defined benefit plans in the U.S. is questionable. It's a real conundrum.

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