Table of Contents |November 1996
Opting in
Two UK employers allow switching from cash balance to defined benefit plans
Magazine Articles
Table of Contents |November 1996
LEGISLATION & REGULATION
What gridlock? Minimum wage bill contains grab-bag of goodies for pension sponsors
Table of Contents |November 1996
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.
Portrait of Retiree |November 1996
Portrait of a Retiree: Frank Langley
Retired marketing executive and US Postal Service processing supervisor
Table of Contents |October 1996
Social Security reform: Is the Chilean option really the answer?
As the Social Security debate heats up, an unexpectedly large part of the discussion has focused on a country thousands of miles to the south, with a population...
Table of Contents |September 1996
Bargain Shoppers
As Japanese investors unload US real estate, pension plans look to snap it up
Table of Contents |September 1996
Money Manager Transitions
How to control the cost of changing money managers
Table of Contents |September 1996
Seeing is believing
What on-site visits can reveal about prospective outsourcing providers
Table of Contents |September 1996
What’s new?
Start-ups favor 401(k)s, but spinoffs are sticking with defined benefit plans
Table of Contents |September 1996
Countdown for multinationals
Long-awaited 404A regs will set foreign pension deductions
Table of Contents |September 1996
Derivatives guidance
DoL letter emphasizes risk management, fiduciary education, stress testing
Table of Contents |September 1996
Risk matters
Using downside risk analysis to set plan options and help participants make choices
Table of Contents |September 1996
The Meaning of Risk
Under existing Securities and Exchange Commission rules, mutual funds are allowed to provide very general information about risk
Table of Contents |September 1996
Inflated expectations?
US Treasury's inflation-indexed bonds could prove a mixed blessing
Table of Contents |September 1996
New Ballgame
GASB will require government employers to prefund retiree health benefits
Table of Contents |September 1996
Watered down
How a measure to curb disability retirement abuse faded in Massachusetts
Table of Contents |September 1996
Beyond alliances
What consultant and master trustees hope to offer plan sponsors by merging
Table of Contents |September 1996
Accounting Practices and Investing
Why improved accounting practices will help investors
Table of Contents |September 1996
You are what you measure
In simpler days, it was enough for pension sponsors to measure annual return or compare that return with actuarial assumptions in order to demonstrate performance.