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Hybrid DB/DC plan getting play

The big upside is that the employer and the employees split the investment risk between them so neither side shoulders all of it.

By Paula Aven Gladych | Updated on January 24, 2014
The New York Times is among those testing a new approach to retirement planning for its employees.

A new type of defined benefit pension plan is gaining some traction in both the public and private sectors that could reverse the trend of companies and governments dumping their defined benefit plans in favor of defined contribution plans.

The adjustable pension plan is the brain child of executives at Cheiron Inc., an actuarial and financial consultancy with offices across the country. The idea is to merge some of the best features of a traditional defined benefit plan with features from the defined contribution plan market to get a hybrid that provides employees with a lifetime income stream. The big upside is that the employer and the employees split the investment risk between them so neither side shoulders all of it.

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