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FASB is kicking off its review of the major footnotes on financial reports with a proposal to revamp pension information included in them.

Savvy defined contribution plan participants want more detailed information about their increasingly complex stable value options. Plan sponsors and providers are starting to oblige them.

Plan sponsors and providers have pushed participants energetically to invest in equities. But some participants may have good reasons for favoring stable value funds instead.

Some managers spot value in bonds through credit, sector, issue selection

A new clearinghouse and a blockbuster deal point to improved liquidity

The Alaska Permanent Fund creates state-of-the-art MIS and investment data systems

The theory and practice of outsourcing, from a longtime practitioner

Index fund providers are slashing fees in an effort to grab market share from leader Vanguard

Creating a more "institutional" defined contribution plan provider

Managed care is pushing down retiree health plan costs, more employers are finding.

Why markets may not be as efficient as first thought

Managing employee benefits in a changing environment

After relaxing some of the restrictions that have kept foreign investors from prying open its stock market, Korea stands poised to dive into the millennium.

Swelling market capitalization, stock exchanges and privatization have slid emerging markets from the fringe to the cutting edge of international mutual fund portfolios.

Bankers Trust's emerging market manager Maria-Elena Carrion lays bare her take on Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe

Ranking the largest mutual fund families growth funds' risk and return

Sponsors violate rules by restricting ex-employees' investment choices, IRS says

Vendors put finishing touches on document for plan sponsors

Intel's innovative fixed-cost plan uses a defined contribution approach

Here is what you need to know to prepare