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nvestment education is not just a good service for plan participants. It can also be one of the most effective ways to increase participation in your 401(k).

Public pension systems need to cut costs and cope with an increasingly mobile workforce. Many see the answer in hybrid structures that combine elements of defined benefit and...

Defined contribution plans are growing modestly in the public sector. But structural limitations may limit their long-term growth.

The same forces propelling the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans in the US are producing a similar effect in Canada. But up north, the change...

Plan participants are from Venus

The editors of Plan Sponsor award two annual investment management citations: the Defined Benefit and the Defined Contribution Manager of the year, in the May and October issues...

US investors favor emerging Asia in heavy 1994 international equity buying

Despite sketchy research, funds find opportunities in international small-cap

Study finds that public funds pay the lowest money management fees

Some alternative investments could be easier for large funds under DoL proposal

Employers create new restrictions in battle to reduce costs

A new way to make some risky instruments investible?

A service that helps sponsors, too

How some plans fight front-running

How TQM can help improve the performance you get from your investment managers

Nine questions plan sponsors should ask their investment managers and dealers

Why a promising method of prefunding FAS 106 liabilities has not caught on

For pension funds, an electronic link to the Toronto Stock Exchange floor

Does market risk have any place in a securities lending portfolio?

Doing things right, and doing the right things