US - Professionally managed tradition pension plans outpaced employee-directed 401(k) plans based on rates of return in 2000 through 2002, the nation's most recent bear market, analysis by Watson Wyatt has found.
This reversed the trend of the prior three years – 1997 to 1999 – when 401(k) plans achieved higher returns, Watson Wyatt said. According to the analysis, defined benefit plans and employer-spon...
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