Pensions

If you're one of the few Americans with a pension, you have a unique set of decisions to make, including when to take your benefits, how they'll affect your spouse, and how to plan for taxes.

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3 Ways You Could Lose Your Pension—and How to Fight Back

Learn about the laws that should keep your promised pension benefits intact, some limitations of those laws, and what you can do to protect ...

Lump-Sum Payment Definition
Superannuation Definition
Lump Sum vs. Regular Pension Payments: What's the Difference?

Cash Balance Pension Plan Definition
Provident Fund vs. Pension Fund: What's the Difference?
Liability Driven Investment (LDI) Definition
How Congress Retirement Pay Compares to the Overall Average
What Is the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and How Does It Work?
Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)
Receiving Inherited Pension Benefit Payments From Deceased Parents
Replacement Rate
Registered Retirement Savings vs. Registered Pension: What's the Difference?
Top Pro Athlete Pension Plans
Pension Plan Definition
Can Blockchain Solve the Global Retirement Crisis?
Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. Defined Contribution Plan
Pension Adjustment (PA)
How to Protect Your Pension in Divorce
Keogh Plan
Defined-Benefit Plan
Pension Adjustment Reversal (PAR)
Central Provident Fund (CPF) Definition
Retirement Plans: Pensions vs. Social Security
Underfunded Pension Plan
The Investing Risk of Underfunded Pension Plans
Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP)
Is Your Defined-Benefit Pension Plan Safe?
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Definition
Money Purchase Pension Plan Definition
What is the Teacher Retirement System (TRS)?
Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SARSEP)
How Does the Canada Pension Plan Differ from Social Security?
5 Ways to Protect Pensions From Nursing Homes
Pension Protection Act of 2006
Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP)
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPPB)
Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YMPE)
Pay-As-You-Go Pension Plan Definition
Actuarial Valuation
Registered Pension Plan (RPP)
Unfunded Pension Plan
What Are the Steps to Apply for a Canada Pension Plan (CPP)?
Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
What Is a Corporate Pension Plan?
The Gatekeepers: Consultants Hold the Key
Cash Balance Pensions: Pros, Cons for Small Biz
Pension Risk Transfer
Fully Funded
Pension Pillar Definition
Can I Get a Loan Against My Pension?
What Is a 412(i) Plan?
Funded Status Definition
Pension Plan Administrator
What does amortization mean in the context of a pension plan?
Overfunded Pension Plan
Pension Shortfall
Pension Maximization
The Government Pension Investment Fund (Japan)
Flat Benefit Formula
Statement Of Changes In Net Assets Available For Pension Benefits
Unit Benefit Formula
Government Pension Fund of Norway

Pensions

If you're one of the few Americans with a pension, you have a unique set of decisions to make, including when to take your benefits, how they'll affect your spouse, and how to plan for taxes.

3 Ways You Could Lose Your Pension—and How to Fight Back

Lump-Sum Payment Definition

Superannuation Definition

Lump Sum vs. Regular Pension Payments: What's the Difference?

Cash Balance Pension Plan Definition

Provident Fund vs. Pension Fund: What's the Difference?

Liability Driven Investment (LDI) Definition

How Congress Retirement Pay Compares to the Overall Average

What Is the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and How Does It Work?

Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)

Receiving Inherited Pension Benefit Payments From Deceased Parents

Replacement Rate

Registered Retirement Savings vs. Registered Pension: What's the Difference?

Top Pro Athlete Pension Plans

Pension Plan Definition

Can Blockchain Solve the Global Retirement Crisis?

Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. Defined Contribution Plan

Pension Adjustment (PA)

How to Protect Your Pension in Divorce

Keogh Plan

Defined-Benefit Plan

Pension Adjustment Reversal (PAR)

Central Provident Fund (CPF) Definition

Retirement Plans: Pensions vs. Social Security

Underfunded Pension Plan

The Investing Risk of Underfunded Pension Plans

Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP)

Is Your Defined-Benefit Pension Plan Safe?

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Definition

Money Purchase Pension Plan Definition

What is the Teacher Retirement System (TRS)?

Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SARSEP)

How Does the Canada Pension Plan Differ from Social Security?

5 Ways to Protect Pensions From Nursing Homes

Pension Protection Act of 2006

Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP)

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPPB)

Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YMPE)

Pay-As-You-Go Pension Plan Definition

Actuarial Valuation

Registered Pension Plan (RPP)

Unfunded Pension Plan

What Are the Steps to Apply for a Canada Pension Plan (CPP)?

Canada Pension Plan (CPP)

What Is a Corporate Pension Plan?

The Gatekeepers: Consultants Hold the Key

Cash Balance Pensions: Pros, Cons for Small Biz

Pension Risk Transfer

Fully Funded

Pension Pillar Definition

Can I Get a Loan Against My Pension?

What Is a 412(i) Plan?

Funded Status Definition

Pension Plan Administrator

What does amortization mean in the context of a pension plan?

Overfunded Pension Plan

Pension Shortfall

Pension Maximization

The Government Pension Investment Fund (Japan)

Flat Benefit Formula

Statement Of Changes In Net Assets Available For Pension Benefits

Unit Benefit Formula

Government Pension Fund of Norway