Wired Participant |September 1997
Tom McMahon
Senior vice president of finance & administration, Pacific Maritime Association
Magazine Articles
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The Lessons of UPS
Settlement of the highest-profile US labor-management conflict in years brings into focus some critical questions about the future of multiemployer pension plans, and about all pension plans as...
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Letters, Plan Sponsor September 1997
Letters, Plan Sponsor September 1997
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The Rights Stuff
Major funding cuts have created a financial crisis for the Pension Rights Center. But director Karen Ferguson vows to persevere.
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House Of Cards
A wave of ownership changes is hitting money management firms, knocking over many long-standing relationships. Plan sponsors are scrutinizing these deals more intensely than ever.
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Securitizing Real Estate
REITs are changing real estate investment by making this volatile asset class look and act more like equities. But can they overcome pension investors' fears of another market...
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Bargaining Abroad
International real estate is now more than just a gleam in pension sponsors' eyes. A few sophisticated funds are already making large commitments.
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In The Driver’s Seat
Plans pursue private equity deals that give them more control, more favorable terms
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Bon Voyage
Why the soaring US market has not dampened pension funds' ardor for international stocks
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Windy City Dust-Up
Mayor and public employee unions square off over plan to free up future pension contributions
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CALPERS Hits Cyberspace
An RFP that accepts responses over email scores a hit with money managers
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Disclosure Dispute
Courts split over how much information plan administrators must disclose to participants
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Balancing Act
Some plans design customized balanced options to keep their 401(k) asset allocations on track
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Critical Mass
Why Union Carbide keeps 401(k) administration, recordkeeping in-house instead of outsourcing
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Happy Hour
New drug cocktails are expensive, but could reduce disability, return AIDS patients to work
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An Accountant’s View
What your participants should know about their pension plan
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Fiduciary Liability Insurance
With lawsuits on the rise, insurers offer new types of coverage for trustees
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Cost Cutters
How competitive pressures on providers, and plan reengineering, can help sponsors to negotiate lower fees
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Who Benefits from ESOPs?
New study says they help employees more when a union is involved
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Eye on the Horizon
The recipe for success in corporate governance in the 21st century's global markets