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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Target Date:Target Practices
Maybe we were solving for the wrong equation. When
investment managers introduced the first target-date funds in
the early 1990s, their primary goal was to help people
accumulate assets in a way that automatically would account
for the need to invest more conservatively as their
investment horizon shortened.
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Survival Instincts
Many things shape and influence the composition of workplace benefits. Long established...
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Automatic Options: Crest, Fallen?
In early 2008, with legislative blessing and new regulatory clarity, there was...
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Cash Balance: Chill Winds
The stars seem aligned for cash balance plans now that there is...
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Custody: Safety First
Buffeted by the financial crisis, custodians emphasize innovation, stability
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Exchange-Traded Funds: Exchange Rates
ETFs continue to be touted, but they are slow to gain traction
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Heath Savings Accounts: Upping the Ante
More employers looking at high-deductible plans and HSAs to control health-care costs
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Liability-Driven Investing: Focus “Group”
For plan sponsors in 2008, the LDI focus was bonds—high-grade corporate bonds
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Nonqualified Deferred Compensation: Squeeze Pay?
Executive pay levels likely to come under increased pressure from shareholders and regulators
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Performance Management: Better, Faster, More
Since performance measurement is not a core service, it appeared the contraction in the asset management world would affect this sector and, indeed, that was the case with...
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Retirement Income: “After” Math
As the Boomers cross the accumulation finish line, a new generation of solutions stands ready to carry them through retirement
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Revenue Sharing: “Share” Classes
With the economy pinching businesses from all sides, plan sponsors should be looking at the potential savings they can reap through the concept of revenue-sharing from their plan's...
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Risk Management: Danger Zones
The providers of risk management technology and services find themselves in a unique position at the moment—their products are needed, and business has been brisk. However, this bonanza...
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Securities Lending: Default “Ed”
Last year, the prevailing perception of securities lending as a reliable, low-risk source of incremental alpha went through a metamorphosis. In 2008, sponsors saw borrowers default and not...
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Stable Value: Stable, Valued
Even in these difficult days, with many 401(k) account balances plummeting, stable-value funds are living up to their reputation by continuing to offer positive returns to participants.
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Total Retirement Outsourcing: Testing the Market
Employers likely to scrutinize total retirement outsourcing deals' prices and services
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Buyer’s Guide: Transition Management: “Still” Standing
Transition managers brace for what could be coming
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PLANSPONSOR 2009 Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Wellness: Truth and Consequences
More employers with wellness programs consider requiring participation
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“Worst Case” Scenarios
Several years ago, I bought my dad—one of the world's most proficient worriers—a copy of the "Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook."
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A Good Deal?
A survey published last month by Fidelity noted that workers cited health insurance, retirement savings plan matching contributions, and dental insurance as the three most important benefits, with...
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2009 The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide: Table of Contents
A listing of the stories in the 2009 The Ultimate Buyer's Guide issue of PLANSPONSOR magazine.