Rules/Regs |March 2001
Celebrating PBGC’s Stamina
Lower PBGC premiums? Plan sponsor advocates are all for it
Magazine Articles
Running the Fund |March 2001
The 401(k) Health Plan
The skinny on defined contribution-style health-care benefits
UpFront |March 2001
SoA Cites Mortality “Blues”
New actuarial data find manual workers do not live as long as their white-collar counterparts
(k)Plans |March 2001
Put It In Writing
Why your 401(k) may be in dire need of an investment policy statement
Cover |March 2001
Wake Up! – The 2001 Defined Benefit Survey Results
Sponsors tolerated underperformance in 2000. Will their patience last?
Editorial |March 2001
ETFs: Welcome To The Party
America's pension plans are in theory the most sophisticated pools of capital in existence. Yet the instruments in which they mainly invest remain unchanged from pre-Depression days
UpFront |March 2001
Less Is More
Participants seek simplified 401(k) statements with personalized data
UpFront |March 2001
Petitioning the High Court
Will the US Supreme Court agree to review a decision that could sour still more employers on retiree health benefits?
UpFront |March 2001
Tell Me Another One
Burlington Northern's narrow court victory offers a lesson in why employers should not make open-ended benefits promises
UpFront |March 2001
The “New” Comparability Formula
Far from spelling the end, new IRS rules give new life to new comparability plans
Asset Mix |March 2001
The New Futures: In Yours?
US exchanges sell the first futures on individual stocks as a hedging and securities-lending
Game Plan |March 2001
Putting the Past Behind It
LASERS CIO charts recovery from underfunding and derivatives debacle
The Buzz |March 2001
CIEBA Presses Cross-Trading Crusade
Cross-trading between two or more pension funds managed by a single plan sponsor is still strictly forbidden under ERISA, but the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets...
Outtakes |March 2001
Parting Advice From Chookaszian
In early February, Dennis Chookaszian, chairman and CEO of mPower Advisors, abruptly stepped down, citing "personal reasons," passing the baton at the San Francisco-based company to Steve Deschenes,...
Street Sense |March 2001
Setting the Record Straight
What CalPERS is really doing in the hedge fund arena
Special Report |March 2001
Pensions’ Reformers
Pension reform returned to the forefront of the new legislative agenda in 2001 with no apparent loss of momentum, thanks largely to the informed and enthusiastic support of...
Special Report |February 2001
Pilot Pensions Grounded At TWA
Icahn terminates two pension plans, turning liabilities over to PBGC
Total Benefits |February 2001
The American Dream
Sponsors stand out by offering housing assistance benefits