UpFront
UpFront
Mystery “Meet”?
Participants see portfolio imbalances, but fail to act
UpFront
UpFront
PBGC Releases Long Bond Yield Guidance
DB plans get more guidance about funding calculations
UpFront
UpFront
Self-Directions
Self-directed investors fared better than mutual funds
Feature |July 2002
Leading The Followers
Though long an ugly duckling, indexing assets now total $2.5 trillion
Running the Fund |July 2002
The Lessons in Ashes
What investors can learn from the final report on the Askin case
Running the Fund |July 2002
Public Sector Rediscovers DB
Nebraska shucks DC program, Florida workers slow to leave DB
Running the Fund |July 2002
Trading Places
The hills are alive with the sounds of transition managers
Total Benefits |July 2002
Trimming Pounds and Cutting Costs
Companies are adopting weight-loss programs
Q/A |July 2002
1999 Plan Sponsor Trader’s Forum
Trading community executives discuss execution quality, shifts confronting the institutional trader, and the effects on plan sponsors
Rules/Regs |July 2002
Friend of the Court
A two-year-old effort to influence the interpretation of ERISA sometimes places the Labor Department on the other side of the table from plan sponsors.
Rules/Regs |July 2002
Increasing Income will Increase Saving
The key to increasing saving: Increase incomeDevising new types of tax-exempt vehicles will not raise savings rates if many families lack the means to save.Dean BakerBack in the...
Special Report |July 2002
Readers on 529 “Fever”
There's a lot of "buzz" about 529 college savings plans
Table of Contents |July 2002
Performance Debate
Plan sponsors want to know which produces a better investment return: defined benefit or defined contribution plans. A series of studies disagree sharply on the answer.
Table of Contents |July 2002
Selling a Pension Surplus Reversion Plan
Pension Surplus Reversion Plan Sold To Participants By Profit Sharing
Table of Contents |July 2002
ERISA’s Day in Court
Dillingham Construction v. Sonoma County: Does ERISA preempt state laws?
Table of Contents |July 2002
Beyond Equities
Some sponsors are finding a place for alternative assets in their DC plans
Table of Contents |July 2002
DB Survey 2000 Methodology
In December, 1999, 2,487 surveys were sent out to the Plan Sponsor magazine database of defined benefit plans. Surveys were sent via email, fax and mail.