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Plan sponsors want to know which produces a better investment return: defined benefit or defined contribution plans. A series of studies disagree sharply on the answer.

Pension Surplus Reversion Plan Sold To Participants By Profit Sharing

Stories from the plan sponsor frontlines

The hills are alive with the sounds of transition managers

Companies are adopting weight-loss programs

Divisions over how to reform use of stock options

Managing administrative costs and market risk

Like bonds, but better

Why participants nearing retirement desperately need your help

How much should you pay?

In December, 1999, 2,487 surveys were sent out to the Plan Sponsor magazine database of defined benefit plans. Surveys were sent via email, fax and mail.

Participants see portfolio imbalances, but fail to act

DB plans get more guidance about funding calculations

Self-directed investors fared better than mutual funds

Though long an ugly duckling, indexing assets now total $2.5 trillion

Nebraska shucks DC program, Florida workers slow to leave DB

Communication gaps can cost you 404(c) compliance

There's a lot of "buzz" about 529 college savings plans

What investors can learn from the final report on the Askin case

The key to increasing saving: Increase incomeDevising new types of tax-exempt vehicles will not raise savings rates if many families lack the means to save.Dean BakerBack in the...