PLANSPONSOR Magazine

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GATT’s Price Tag For Pensions

Last fall's GATT bill restricts savings through defined contribution plans and tightens funding requirements for defined benefit plans.
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True Confessions

The IRS extends its voluntary compliance resolution program, easng the path for plan sponsors to admit and resolve violations.
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Hitting the Lifeboats

Local government investment pools like Orange County's are run in ways that would make a pension trustee blush. But the Orange County debacle is shining new light on...
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Suddenly, At Risk

Orange County employees' pension assets are in no danger from the bankruptcy filing. Not so their deferred comp savings, some of which were in Citron's commingled pool.
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Fleeting Dreams

Corporate pension execs watched their compensation slip in 1994, due partly to increased outsourcing of investment management functions. Public fund officials saw gains-but these were modest.
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Better Times Up North

Salaries rose last year for pension heads at Canadian companies and at US companies with Canadian pension funds.
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ERISA goes to court

Non-union contractors and minority workers' advocates are successfully using ERISA to challenge state prevailing wage laws and union control of apprenticeship programs.
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Catching On

Index funds catch on as a low cost, easy-to-understand investment option
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SunGard’s Expediter

A 401(k) alliance that supports daily valuation and transaction processing