Private pensions in crisis: Where do we go from here?

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Private pension downfalls of recent years aren’t only plaguing private companies and employees, but the federal government, prompting a group of retirement policy experts to gather in Washington, D.C. yesterday to discuss possible solutions, including re-imagining what the defined benefit plan could look like.

The solutions ranged from borrowing the Netherlands system of a collective pool to an adjustable pension plan where investment performance and risk is shared by employers and employees.

Lisa V. Gillespie
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Lisa V. Gillespie is a freelance writer in Washington, DC.


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