US - The pension fund buyout model may strengthen defined benefit (DB) plan provisions but could also pose unquantified risks to the system, a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said.
The buyout model was effectively outlawed in the US by a Treasury ruling which denied bought-out pension plans certain tax advantages and prevented sponsors from transferring schemes to an unrelate...
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