Editorial
Editorial
Foul Ball
Black ballplayers' pensions
(k)Plans
(k)Plans
Cost Shift 401(k)
Sponsors are charging more expenses to the plan and participants. When is...
Rules/Regs
Rules/Regs
Pension Counseling Projects Threatened
Volunteers want Congress to revive funding for a program that has helped...
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Permanent Moratorium
Public pensions want Congress to exempt them permanently from ERISA nondiscrimination rules
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Mandate to Index Louisiana’s Funds
A Louisiana bill would mandate indexing of 10% of state retirement systems' stock portfolios. Some observers worry about the precedent this sets.
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From Hip-Hop to Human Rights
Social investment is again inspiring lawmakers to peruse public pension portfolios. New targets range from gangsta rap to repressive governments.
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New Rules for the Bean Counters
FASB wants to simplify pension footnotes. But it also wants preparers to supply more detail in some areas, to make them more useful to investors.
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What Price Portability?
Converting traditional public pension plans to the defined contribution model is suddenly a hot issue. Labor and conservative legislators are squaring off, with many billions in pension assets...
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John Engler’s Christmas Rush
The Michigan governor pushed through a sweeping conversion to a defined contribution system in just one month. His success shows how public employee unions' opposition to conversions can...
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Style Fixation
Some providers are addressing concerns that their mutual funds do not follow a consistent style. But some plan sponsors, already fed up, are looking to funds-of-funds as the...
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Does Manager Tenure Matter?
More years at the helm of a mutual fund means better performance, says an academic study. Plan sponsors and consultants, too, tend to prefer the veterans.
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The Deal Is Getting Better
Price cuts by the biggest funds, and the impact of less costly index funds, are combining to drive down the price of investing through mutual funds.
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Free Lunch for Active Investors?
Bob Haugen's "Super Stocks" strategy is catching on with some large pension funds
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Shying Away From Derivatives
Why plan sponsors are not hedging against equity market corrections
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Millennium Meltdown
Pension plans and their vendors prepare for the coming D-Day for computer systems
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Private Equity Dust-Up
A new study by plan sponsors, critical of fees and controls, raises fund managers' hackles
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Fiduciary Liability Insurance
With lawsuits on the rise, insurers offer new types of coverage for trustees
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Cost Cutters
How competitive pressures on providers, and plan reengineering, can help sponsors to negotiate lower fees
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Who Benefits from ESOPs?
New study says they help employees more when a union is involved
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Eye on the Horizon
The recipe for success in corporate governance in the 21st century's global markets
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When “Twins” Are Not Identical
Insights from a study of jointly managed mutual funds and separate accounts