US - Fewer companies closed their defined benefit (DB) plans than in 2006 and many have been committed to keeping schemes open, according to two Watson Wyatt surveys.
The consultants’ survey showed the number of firms in the Fortune 1000 which had closed DB schemes fell from 7% in 2007 to 4% in 2006. Watson Wyatt senior retirement consultant, Kevin Wagner, com...
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