Table of Contents |November 1998
401(k) Fees: The Secret Recipe
How do vendors cook up those fees? New tools are helping plan sponsors to get beyond the hype
Magazine Articles
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Rating Risk Questionnaires
Tools designed to measure participants' risk tolerance may be misleading
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When HMOs Skip Out
Employer premiums are expected to rise as managed Medicare HMOs quit insuring retirees in rural areas and other parts of the US
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Not Just For Traders Anymore
Plan sponsors require better technology and a more standardized methodology to help them thoughly embrace risk measurement and risk management
Table of Contents |October 1998
Mercer Forum Is Manager Funded
Mercer's global investment forum is drawing some of investment management's biggest luminaries. But does it give them an unfair advantage?
Table of Contents |October 1998
Swiss Sanctions: Smoke and Mirrors?
Some wonder if officials could have made good on threats to withhold billions in pension assets from Swiss banks
Table of Contents |October 1998
To Know Your Managers…
is to understand the nature of their non-compete agreements, a ruling in favor of Wellington Management suggests
Table of Contents |October 1998
Presentation Is Everything
In 1996, the Hard Rock began billing its 401(k) plan as a "150% tip"
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Defined Contribution Consulting’s Next Wave
A new breed of 401(k) boutiques is rewriting the book on consulting
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Remaining Neutral
There is a place for market neutral strategies in your investment portfolio, plan sponsors say--but watch out for shoddy imitations
Table of Contents |October 1998
The Off-Exchange Trade Off
How and where to trade becomes central for plan sponsors
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Whose Surplus Is It?
Supreme question: Can workers who help to fund a defined benefit plan keep excess funds for themselves?
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Stable Value Thinks Small
Now even the smallest 401(k) plans can take advantage of the latest stable value innovations
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Four Dirty Secrets
What every plan sponsor needs to know about asset allocation's limitations as a tool for effecient portfolio design
Table of Contents |October 1998
Another Ounce of Prevention
California lawmakers have approved legislation designed to stamp out influence peddling at public funds
Table of Contents |October 1998
Sizing Up Vendor Relationships
Seeking an accurate measure of your outsourcer's effectiveness? Make sure to consider your vendor management style, as well
Table of Contents |October 1998
Leak-Proofing Your Plan
Loan provisions increase 401(k) participation and contributions. But is "leakage" ruining your best-laid plans?
Table of Contents |October 1998
Bermuda’s Retiree Health Care
The IRS has given the high sign to a process that lets employers self-insure retiree health liabilities--and profit from the experience