Editorial
Editorial
February 1996 Plan Sponsor Editorial Comment: It can happen here
It can happen here
UpFront
UpFront
Fidelity’s Magellan Fund: How Aggressive Is It?
Fidelity's Magellan Fund: How Aggressive Is It?
Running the Fund
Running the Fund
Reinvigorating Defined Benefit Plans
How cost-sharing by employees could reinvigorate defined benefit plans
Rules/Regs |February 1996
Vindication for the DCRB
Washington, DC's embattled pension board cheers a positive report on its investment policy. But the federal budget battle put it at risk.
Rules/Regs |February 1996
Source Taxation Axed
Passage of a bill prohibiting taxation of retirees' out-of-state income hands a victory to employers, retiree groups, and some states.
Rules/Regs |February 1996
Progress Report for Public Pensions
Public pension funds crunched their own numbers last year, and came out in the black. They found that their funding ratios are going up, and their asset allocation...
Rules/Regs |February 1996
Progress Report for Public Pensions
Public pension funds crunched their own numbers last year, and came out in the black. They found that their funding ratios are going up, and their asset allocation...
Rules/Regs |February 1996
How the PPCC calclulates funding ratios
Public pension plans calculate their funding ratio by dividing their actuarial accrued liability (AAL) by the actuarial value of their assets. About 61% of plans in the Public...
Rules/Regs |February 1996
DoL’s proposals to fight late 401(k) transfers
Some say the DoL's proposals to fight late 401(k) transfers do more harm than good
Rules/Regs |February 1996
Safe Harbors: Will They Boost 401(k) Plans?
Will safe harbors boost 401(k) plabs? Benefits experts post mixed reactions.
Portrait of Retiree |February 1996
Portrait of a Retiree: Ron Wood
Retired high school teacher, Indian River, Ontario
Table of Contents |February 1996
AMR Takes Off
American Airlines' investment services unit has parlayed a winning pension management strategy into success as a mutual fund operator. Now it wants to grow faster.
Table of Contents |February 1996
Beyond “Prudent Investor”
Actuaries to set investment guidelines under UK Pensions Act
Table of Contents |February 1996
Overlay Managers: Worth the Cost?
The decision to use overlay managers prompts many responses
Table of Contents |February 1996
Reaching a New Plateau
Why institutional investors should become their own merchant banks