Fidelity to end employee pension plan Change reflects push for 401(k)s

From: The Boston Globe | Date: March 29, 2007| Author: Ross Kerber | Copyright information

Fidelity Investments is eliminating its traditional pension plan for roughly 32,000 of its employees, an important symbolic move by a company that has been at the forefront of efforts to push more responsibility for retirement onto workers and away from companies.

The Boston mutual fund giant will instead offer workers increased benefits in the company's 401(k) plan plus a new health-savings credit to help pay medical expenses when workers retire, and will allow them to roll their exis...