What does DB stand for?

Defined Benefit (type of qualified retirement plan)

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Business, finance, etc.

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Samples in periodicals archive:

defined benefit plan was closed to new entrants in 2002.

United kingdom : Tate & Lyle eye freeze on UK pension plan

Employers that sponsor defined benefit plans need to comply with a new requirement to post the Form 5500 actuarial information for the defined benefit plan on the employer's intranet.

New Law Requires Employers With Defined Benefit Plans To Post ...

So, why have many employers made the switch from defined benefit to defined contribution plans?

The evolution of retirement plans

IBEC said that unless urgent reforms are introduced by the Government or the Pensions Board, some defined benefit pension schemes will collapse.

TWO THIRDS OF PENSIONS IN DANGER

However, the falling number of schemes has meant those companies which still have defined benefit plans have an edge in retaining staff.

Retirement schemes: Final salary pension schemes drop to record low

7m are in defined benefit schemes that offer pensions based on final salaries.

your money: THE number of people in occupational pension schemes; ...

HALF of all companies with defined benefit pensions think they will have wound up the schemes within 10 years, research shows.

Differing views on pensions; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards ...

Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky ("Peaks, Cliffs, & Valleys," features, Winter 2008) make a compelling case for states to shift public pensions away from defined benefit plans to defined contribution plans.

Pension plans