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Still Squeezed After All These Years

Treasury auction reforms have created a more efficient, automated market. But most pension investors still find the environment less than friendly.
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A New Deal From Custodians

Treasury auction reforms have created a more efficient, automated market. But most pension investors still find the environment less than friendly.
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Schwan’s Way

Public fund boards are tightening oversight of executive directors and their staffs. Washington's decision not to automatically renew Basil Schwan's contract is the latest example.
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No More “Prudent Klutz”

A new handbook seeks to educate public pension trustees about what it means to be a fiduciary.
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Pandora’s Box

A proposed tax on pensions that own 10% of a foreign company has raised fears among pension investors.
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Laborer’s Damage Control

Chuck Agles hopes to guide $15 billion of scandal-wracked union pensions into prudent investments.
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Translating Respect Into Money

Plan Sponsor's 1994 Compensation Survey: Pension officials' status is rising as their responsibilities grow. But their take-home pay still reflects little of this.
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Let the Plansponsor Beware

There is a risk measurement software package for everyone nowadays, it seems. But before buying, know exactly what you want to measure.
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Managers of Our Insecurities

Most nuclear power plants will not be decommissioned for years to come. But for utilities struggling to fund decommissioning trusts, the problem has already arrived.
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Felling Reactors like Trees

Not all nuclear utilities have seen fit to fund their decommissioning costs. Shoreham, and nearly all Canadian plants thus far, are opting for pay-as-you-go.
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Foreign Fixed Income Catches On

More US pensions are buying bonds with foreign accents. Yet few are making an effort to balance international fixed income and equity weightings the way they do on...
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No More Commingled Fund Queues

A new secondary market is making it easier to exit commingled real estate funds. Now, some players are developing networks to make this new market permanent.
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Venture Capital’s Comeback

Pensions are returning to one of the 1980's boom-and-bust markets. But a new note of caution has crept in.
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To Outsource, Or Not To Outsource

Sears, as part of a broad cost-cutting plan, is debating outsourcing some portion of its investment management business to external specialists.
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Crossfire Over Cross-Testing

Treasury's proposal to eliminate cross-testing threatens age-weighted profit-sharing plans.