General Dynamics wanted to cut the fixed costs of running its pension fund. Its longtime treaurer got his own money management firm, with GD as its first client.
Public pension advocates are trying once again to get Congress to change onerous deferral cap rules for 457 plans. But the long health care debate has pushed their...
KKR wants to weld its 18 majority-owned companies into the first nationwide health care coalition. But it may encounter problems regional groupings do not have to face.
The Teamsters are trying without much success to get other pension funds to stop using Merrill Lynch. But how did the biggest US broker-dealer run afoul of the...
As managed care networks emerge as the health care providers of choice for many companies, a collection of standardized formats are being developed to evaulate them.
Employers who use part-time and other contingency workers can realize huge pension and benefits savings. But the legal requirements are complex, and government increasingly frowns on the practice.
After releasing a new interpretive bulletin on ETIs, Labor Department officials hope they have laid pension sponsors' fears to rest about how these investments affect their fiduciary duties
Cautiously, US pension funds are beginning to invest in overseas real estate. Most favor commingled funds, and the UK is the most popular market thus far.
Washington is abuzz with talk of how to prevent more OTC derivatives disasters. But for pension sponsors, the key may be to get a better understanding of this...
State Street and Chase take the top spots in the 1994 survey of global custody services. Meanwhile, a select group of European providers appear to be catching up...