PLANSPONSOR Magazine

Stories from the plan sponsor frontlines

Though long an ugly duckling, indexing assets now total $2.5 trillion

What investors can learn from the final report on the Askin case

Nebraska shucks DC program, Florida workers slow to leave DB

The hills are alive with the sounds of transition managers

Companies are adopting weight-loss programs

Trading community executives discuss execution quality, shifts confronting the institutional trader, and the effects on plan sponsors

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.

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...

Divisions over how to reform use of stock options

Managing administrative costs and market risk

Communication gaps can cost you 404(c) compliance

Like bonds, but better

Why participants nearing retirement desperately need your help

There's a lot of "buzz" about 529 college savings plans

How much should you pay?

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.

Pension Surplus Reversion Plan Sold To Participants By Profit Sharing

Dillingham Construction v. Sonoma County: Does ERISA preempt state laws?

Some sponsors are finding a place for alternative assets in their DC plans

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.