PLANSPONSOR Magazine
COVER
In Defense of Barbara Boxer
When the market mushrooms for any type of investment
vehicle, the effect is like putting it under a microscope:
Warts become craters, and finding a way to remove the
blemishes suddenly is embarrassingly urgent.
Editorial
Editorial
In Defense of Barbara Boxer
When the market mushrooms for any type of investment vehicle, the effect...
Editorial
Editorial
Why Pension Investment Officers Deserve More
Familiarity has a funny way of breeding acceptance. Even, it seems, when...
Letter of the Law
Letter of the Law
Court Dates
Last year's celebrated ERISA cases portend still more litigation
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Bay State to Centralize Retirement Plans?
Massachusetts lawmakers want to abolish county-level government, a move that could transfer millions in public retirement money to the PRIM fund.
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IRS Looks Abroad
Does your company sponsor a deferred compensation trust for foreign employees? A big new tax liability could be on the way.
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Retiree Activists Target Companies
A successful push to win benefit adjustments for some GE retirees boosts a new coalition of retiree activists, unions, and advocacy groups.
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Going Paperless
If the IRS would just change a few rules, pension administration could become a lot cheaper, say groups lobbying for a change.
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1997 Plan Sponsor Compensation Survey: Compensation Gap
Pension execs saw their compensation rise modestly at best last year. Meanwhile, the pay gap between public and corporate plan officials is growing.
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Prosperity Up North
In contrast to their US colleagues, Canadian plan officials-both corporate and public-saw healthy increases in compensation last year.
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A Wake-up Call From FASB
FASB wants to give investors and analysts a bigger voice in setting accounting standards. But can the standards board convince plan sponsors to pay attention to a process...
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FASB Looks at Pension Plans
FASB is kicking off its review of the major footnotes on financial reports with a proposal to revamp pension information included in them.
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Outgrowing the Old Definitions
Savvy defined contribution plan participants want more detailed information about their increasingly complex stable value options. Plan sponsors and providers are starting to oblige them.
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How Participants Think
Plan sponsors and providers have pushed participants energetically to invest in equities. But some participants may have good reasons for favoring stable value funds instead.
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The Duration-Less Strategy
Some managers spot value in bonds through credit, sector, issue selection
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Commingled Real Estate Funds
A new clearinghouse and a blockbuster deal point to improved liquidity
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Remote Control
The Alaska Permanent Fund creates state-of-the-art MIS and investment data systems
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Texaco’s 12-Step Program
The theory and practice of outsourcing, from a longtime practitioner
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Price War?
Index fund providers are slashing fees in an effort to grab market share from leader Vanguard
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MetLife/UAM Alliance
Creating a more "institutional" defined contribution plan provider
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Improved Prognosis
Managed care is pushing down retiree health plan costs, more employers are finding.
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Psychology Joins Quantitative Investing
Why markets may not be as efficient as first thought
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Merging Companies and Merging Plans
Managing employee benefits in a changing environment