Editorial
Editorial
Conspiracy Theory
Editorial Comment
Portrait of Retiree
Portrait of Retiree
Portrait of a Retiree: Tony Orlando
55, Retired captain, Rochester Fire Department
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Plan Sponsor September 1995 Letters
Plansponsor September 1995 Letters
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Only the Lonely
Hoping to prevent another Executive Life, the DoL issues standards for choosing annuity providers.
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Family Matters
New rules protect benefits accruals for employees who take leave for family care or military service.
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Pensions East
On the eve of reunification with China, Hong Kong is trying to put in place a western-style private pension system.
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Risky Business
Downside risk analysis is challenging standard deviation as the accepted way to measure risk in an investment portfolio. Devotees say it can yield signficant shifts in the structure...
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Risk Management Marketplace
Experts may disagree about the effectiveness of downside risk analysis. But it is catching on fast with portfolio evaluation software vendors.
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Storming the Ivory Tower
Defined contribution providers are eagerly tapping into the audience of savvy savers on state university faculties. But some public fund administrators fear this trend will undermine their defined...
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Secret of their Success
A stringent 1980 law has helped place Taft-Hartley plans among the best-funded us pension systems. But is it also making companies reluctant to join them?
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If You Want to Know About…
Hedge fund databases are proliferating. Here's what they cover.
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Controlling transaction fees when changing money managers
How to control transaction fees when changing money managers
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Pension simplification encouraged by White House, Congress
Pension simplification is back-and with its brightest hopes yet of becoming law.
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Streamlining 5500s
Under the Gore plan, a task force will look at ways to simplify annual reports on private pensions and encourage electronic filing.
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Voice Response Technology and Flex Plans
Voice response technology helps employers save more through flex plans
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Saving and Upgrading
More efficiently structured flex plans are enabling employers to add options and reduce costs at the same time.
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Proposing a New International Equity Benchmark
Proposing a new international equity benchmark
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Trustees-questions about early retirement incentive plans
What trustees need to ask about early retirement incentive plans