Total Benefits |July 2001
Step By Step
Marriott's ROI calculations were the result of a four-part plan
Magazine Articles
Game Plan |July 2001
Saying “I Do”
How Wells Fargo wedded two disparate plan strategies on the heels of its merger with Norwest
Cover |June 2001
Survival Of The Fittest
The year 2000 certainly put defined contribution recordkeepers, plan sponsors and, most of all, participants to the test
Editorial |June 2001
The Great Divide
The majority of your workforce will not know what to do with stock "Folios," or even brokerage windows for that matter. Many are still puzzling over the basics
IMHO |June 2001
Nothing Doing
Why inertia is not necessarily a good thing when it comes to participant transfer activity
UpFront |June 2001
Did CalPERS Overstep Its Boundaries?
California's controller files lawsuit over pay hikes fund gave to investment managers
UpFront |June 2001
ERISA Rules!
The US Supreme Court finds that the federal pension statute takes precedence in deciding who receives a deceased worker's pension and insurance
UpFront |June 2001
Actuarial Deficit
LACERA claims a 20-year actuarial miscalculation cost it more than $2 billion in lost contributions
UpFront |June 2001
Lose Some
Claims that Unisys broke promises to retirees over medical benefits will be heard in federal court
(k)Plans |June 2001
Net-Based Hybrid
Will personalized stock "Folios" be appropriate for some of your plan participants?
(k)Plans |June 2001
Opening The Window
Self-directed brokerage accounts catch on with more employers
Total Benefits |June 2001
Hip To HIPAA
Newest nondiscrimination rules usher in a new set of compliance standards for health and wellness plans
Total Benefits |June 2001
The Case For Child Care
Finding a formula to improve tax credits for employers that offer child-care facilities and services
Rules/Regs |June 2001
Reversal Of Fortune
PBGC status as fiduciary in Pan Am case will be reviewed by New York's highest court
The Buzz |June 2001
Rocket Man
Wilshire Associates founder Dennis Tito may have more of a stomach for the investment business than he does for space travel-however much he loved venturing "where no [business]man...
Done Deal |June 2001
From Hands-On To Hands-Off
Looking for a better risk-reward tradeoff and better processes, a utility adopts a manager-of-managers program
Black Box |June 2001
Enhanced Indexing
Scientific investing moves away from its benchmark only when research demonstrates that the additional returns justify the added risk
Web Watch |June 2001
Investment Primer
Market turbulence provides plan sponsors with a distinctive opportunity to educate participants on saving for the future and on the basics of investing
Table of Contents |June 2001
The PBGC – Friend or Foe
A look at the way plans deal - or avoid dealing - with the PBGC when merging with other plans and the effort by the PBGC to reach...