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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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LongView fund, bankrolled by Taft-Hartley plans, encourages proxy voting
Workers of the US, unite...and vote your proxies. So says the LongView fund, bankrolled by a group of Taft-Hartley plans. But it is off to a slow start.
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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.
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The Life Cycle Funds
Money managers are rolling out a new type of mutual fund family, which uses asset allocation tools to tailor participants' lifetime investment strategies.
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A Voice in Washington
Fears of federal regulatory pressure on defined contribution assets have led to creation of a new lobbying group, the 401(k) Association.
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Making the Most of Mortgages
Teachers Insurance's structured investment staff is finding creative ways to enhance yield in the volatile mortgage-backed securities market.
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Companies Use Clout to Negotiate Deals with Insurance Vendors, Then Employees Pay Expenses
Some benefits sponsors are helping employees to find the best and least-expensive long-term care insurance plan. Then, employees pick up the tab.
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Targeting Texas
It took four years for the Lone Star State to get its ETI fund off the ground. But the Texas Growth fund confounded the doubters, and is now...
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Commission Recapture Program Saved Lots for Jacksonville Fire & Police
Jacksonville Police & Fire saved big on equities trades using a commission recapture program. The savings paid for a new headquarters building.
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Managing Pensions Electronically
Open systems and relational databases are helping some plan sponsors to bring many crucial portfolio management functions in-house.
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No Fee Relief
Despite talk of fee pressure and more internal investment management, pensions paid more for management, administration, and trust services in 1992.
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The Buy Side, and Market Structure Reform
Despite talk of fee pressure and more internal investment management, pensions paid more for management, administration, and trust services in 1992.
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Portrait of a Retiree: Philip Stratton
70, Retired divisional manager, Ontario Hydro
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Swapping for safety
Real estate swaps-the first one was completed this year-allow pension investors to more easily control their exposure to risky property markets.
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Health Care Reform Hits Home
How the Clinton health care plan could help companies to save on FAS 106 liabilities.
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Overdose!
Prescription drugs are swallowing an ever-larger portion of plan sponsors' medical benefits budgets- especially for retiree coverage. Here are a few ways to cut costs.
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Technology Play
University endowments are taking technology transfer investing one step beyond. But some voices are urging caution
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Countdown to Market 2000
With a new chairman in place, the SEC is finally getting down to business on market reform. But in the growing debate, plan sponsors are in danger of...