PLANSPONSOR Magazine

The Portman/Cardin pension reform package has new life—now that there is new money to spend

IRS ruling permits 401(k) distributions after a partial buyout

Alaska's Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trust Fund will commingle its assets with the State Treasury under an unusual state and federal government agreement

West Virginia fund financing plan has ups and downs

The IRS may modify burdensome alternative-payment rules

Should plan sponsors concern themselves with trading costs? Only if they want to keep plan assets from dribbling away...

How to get young workers to appreciate your 401(k) plan

A black box can become Pandora's box, if plan sponsors do not also use their brains

Why Tiger- and Quantum-type strategies never made the cut with many sponsors

Why some financial analysts and SEC officials are taking issue with FAS 87

Sponsors seek merger and acquisition guidance from the IRS

Who consults about consultants? Jennifer Cooper does, and not everyone will be happy with what her investigations are turning up

The Treasury Department wonders whether lump-sum payments are unfair to early retirees

The Bush campaign is winning on the issue of Social Security-so far

The newest addition to GW's endowment team is rebalancing, removing emerging markets, and generally rejiggering the fund

Is the DoL's voluntary correction program more trouble than it's worth?

Who consults about consultants? Jennifer Cooper does, and not everyone will be happy with what her investigations are turning up

Sue Stevens is the director of financial planning for Chicago-based Morningstar, where she handles regulatory and tax issues for the company's online advice product, ClearFuture, and helps the...

What would privatization mean to your workforce?

Retired IBM information developer, 80

Trading costs are likely to be the largest single expense a plan sponsor encounters in asset management.