Table of Contents |March 1999
Aetna Evaluates 401(k) Funds
A new tool for Aetna clientele evaluates mutual funds' risk, return, style consistency, and cost and ranks their effectiveness from 1 to 10
Magazine Articles
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Spin-Off In Progress
Lucent's CIO is putting a new face on the bulk of the old AT&T pension fund
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Risk Management for Mere Mortals
Risk management is not just for megafunds. Here are four principles for plan sponsors to bear in mind.
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Riskbusters
Risk has now insinuated itself into the world of the institutional investor.
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How to Choose/Reject a Vendor; Provider Types
When evaluating a risk management vendor, here is a guide to what you need to know.
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Risk Management Survey: Portfolio Monitoring
The results of our analysis are divided into two categories--portfolio monitoring and decision support.
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Plan Sponsor Risk Management Survey: Decision Support
Decision support is an emerging but increasingly important element in risk management products.
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Meanwhile on the NASDAQ…
Instead of the specialists who make a market in NYSE stocks, NASDAQ-traded companies have market-makers.
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Out From Under a Cloud?
The Commonfund has tried to reinvent itself following its annus horribilis in 1995. Small schools, in particular, still find its pricing and services appealing
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Consultant RFP Tune-Up
How to avoid kissing too many frogs in the consultant search
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Carrying US Workers
Are "USA" plans and other presidential promises nothing but that?
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Plan Sponsor’s Defined Contribution Scoreboard
Ranking the largest mutual fund families: Growth Dominates
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Roth’s 401(k) Blueprint
Roth's latest creation seems promising for those who expect to retire in a higher tax bracket--but is it really worth cheering for?
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Fiduciary Liability Claims
If stock market swings fuel participant lawsuits, will you be prepared?
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Demystifying Cash Balance
See to it that participants appreciate what they are getting with the switch to cash balance--for better or worse
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DC Plans Need Oversight, Too
Why employers need the same kinds of fiduciary tools for defined contribution plans as they do for defined benefit programs
Table of Contents |February 1999
Plan Sponsor Defined Contribution Scoreboard
The largest "value" and "growth" funds' one-year returns
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“Windows” and the Fiduciary
Self-directed 401(k) brokerage options seem destined to become more popular 401(k) add-ons. What is the risk involved?