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UK plans race to comply with Pensions Act regulations
All is change these days for employers that sponsor UK pension plans
Magazine Articles
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And now, out come the knives
The MASTERS/PRIM merger is expected to save Massachusetts millions of dollars a year. One key savings: Shrinking the outside manager roster.
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Ron Martin, College of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Fund
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology's fledgling pension fund can handle a few growing pains
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Trading on the Front
Investor suspicions about traditional markets have helped alternative market systems flourish. But a new system, OptiMark, promises to go further, reducing trading to a low-cost technical process focused...
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Scientific revolution
How recent advances in supercomputing, plus a unique new algorithm, made OptiMark possible.
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Real Estates information age
Leery of the next market downturn, investors are demanding more and better information from real estate managers. Our roundtable participants discussed what plan sponsors want, and how they...
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Energy Project Finance
Steady, predictable cash flows start to attract pension investment.
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When lightning strikes
Monitoring your provider's disaster recovery procedures
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Investigation clears PBGC of violating rules on hiring practices
An investigation into charges of improper hiring practices at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, filed by an employee in March, clears the agency of any wrongdoing.
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The numbers game:
SEC lets money managers use more historical data in prospectuses
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Procedures and paperwork
How to survive the DoL's stepped-up audit program for 401(k) plans
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When employees disappear
New guidance on how to manage missing plan participants' assets
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Multinational pensions
New products are being developed for multinationals' globe-trotting execs
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Lessons from the Operating Engineers
How to increase savings among the neediest workers
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“Down the American corporate food chain”
Taking shareholder activism to small companies
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Opting in
Two UK employers allow switching from cash balance to defined benefit plans
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LEGISLATION & REGULATION
What gridlock? Minimum wage bill contains grab-bag of goodies for pension sponsors
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Pension Simplification and Much More
Many of the pension simplification provisions in HR 3448 previously appeared in the budget tax hill that President Clinton vetoed last year.