PLANSPONSOR Magazine
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Sizing Up Manager Service
When it comes to the service that investment
managers offer their institutional clients, satisfaction is
by no means guaranteed. Managers’ internet service, client
communication, and performance attribution efforts could all
stand improvement, Plan Sponsor’s latest survey
reveals.
Feature
Feature
Pension Reform: Will Congress Finally Slash the Red Tape
1999 legislation could be the antidote to restrictions, tests and limitations that...
(k)Plans
(k)Plans
UAM Closes UAM Retirement Services
Stakes are rising as plan sponsors demand more service from their 401(k)...
Asset Mix
Asset Mix
Top 5 Performers in major asset categories
Asset Performance
Q/A |January 1999
Q&A with Daniel Fuss, Loomis Sayles
Has market turmoil soured plan participants on defined contribution schemes?
Q/A |January 1999
Eager on Client Service
David Eager, head of Eager Manager Advisory Services, a division of William M. Mercer, which cooperated with Plan Sponsor on its Defined Benefit Client Satisfaction Survey
Table of Contents |January 1999
Virginia Retirement System Considers Unitizing
The Virginia Retirement System may soon follow the lead of some corporate plans in "unitizing" their retirement funds.
Table of Contents |January 1999
Are PGBC Assumptions Overly Conservative?
Plan sponsor interests continue to argue that the agency is getting more premium than it needs
Table of Contents |January 1999
Social Investment Research
Jon Lickerman of Calvert Group. Sponsored by Calvert Group.
Table of Contents |January 1999
EMU and the Sector Bet
As European economies converge, an industry focus is seen replacing country weightings in global portfolios. Is now the right time to move?
Table of Contents |January 1999
Taking from Temps
A DoL lawsuit could give sponsors pause when they deny benefits to part-timers
Table of Contents |January 1999
Section 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code
Benefits ball and chain: Why sponsors would like to deep-six Section 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code governing payment options--and what the IRS plans to do about it
Table of Contents |January 1999
Seeking Manager Service
The make-or-break issues that can help plan sponsors decide whether their manager relationships are really worth keeping
Table of Contents |January 1999
Us Growth Large-Cap Equity (Separate) cont’d
Us Growth Large-Cap Equity (Separate) cont'd
Table of Contents |January 1999
US Intermediate Term Fixed Income Accounts (Separate) cont’d; US Intermediate Duration Fixed Income Funds (Commingled); US Broad...
Fixed Income Accounts
Table of Contents |January 1999
US Other FIxed Income Funds (Commingled); US Convertible Bonds (Separate & Commingled); US High Yield Bonds (Separate...
Returns for other US fixed income funds