Pension Issues : Cash-Balance Plans.

Explains the characteristics and growing popularity of and policy considerations involved in cash-balance pension plans, "hybrid" plans containing elements of defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Covers disclosure issues, questions about age discrimination, and valuation of lump...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1999.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Age discrimination. Pensions. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Explains the characteristics and growing popularity of and policy considerations involved in cash-balance pension plans, "hybrid" plans containing elements of defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Covers disclosure issues, questions about age discrimination, and valuation of lump-sum distributions, and compares the retirement income potential of traditional pensions and cash-balance plans.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.