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Plan sponsors deserve to know the score

We all have them

Recent product introductions that plan sponsors may find of interest

How about an employment policy based on nonworkplace behaviors?

The perfect storm may have passed, but declining interest rates and a sluggish stock market are still having a dampening effect on pension plan funding

Collective investment trusts are making a comeback, spurred by lower costs and less volatility

In the disappointing year of 2004, hedge fund investors had to draw satisfaction from the benefits of stable returns and diversification

The mutual funds in your 401(k) plan may be costing your employees more than you think

How to make the new NQDC rules more palatable

Employers that include contraceptives in their health plans may find themselves standing in the middle of an ideological battlefield

Carolyn Lacy v. Fulbright & Jaworski, Limited Liability Partnership Long Term Disability Plan; Unum Life Insurance Company of America

How to make the policy portfolio accommodate hedge funds, illiquid investments, and other exotic innovations

A court ruling that the EEOC cannot bless adjustments to retiree health benefits based on Medicare eligibility throws employers into doubt

A Social Security investment alternative

Excessive entertainment can place a plan sponsor in a conflict of interest

Figuring fees and explaining expenses

While this section retains the nomenclature of an "Advice" Buyer's Guide, this year's version continues to reflect just how dynamic this space has been in the five years...

Employee Web logs can harm a company—and get workers fired. To help prevent trouble, you need a blogging policy

Schaffer v. Westinghouse Savannah River Company

Administration proposes to revamp single-employer defined benefit plan funding