Editorial
Editorial
Editorial Comment: Signs of Age (World Bank recommendation)
Editorial Comment: Signs of Age
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Status Improved
One of the last bills to squeak through this Congress improves the...
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Status Improved
One of the last bills to squeak through this Congress improves the...
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This New House
As traditional lenders retreat from the affordable housing market, pension funds are being enticed into this sector. Thanks to subsidies and more flexible underwriting standards, some pioneers are...
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The Barbarian Returns
Hostile takeovers are back, and nearly as big as ever. But pension sponsors are just as skeptical as ever, too.
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The Battle For Borden
By opposing KKR's purchase of Borden, the Teamsters have blurred the line between shareholder activism and direct involvement in M&A.
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The New Beneficiaries
Despite complications, some companies find that extending benefits to employees' domestic partners is an inexpensive way to accomodate valued employees.
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International slowdown in equity investing
After a record year for international equity purchases in 1993, US investors retrenched in the first half. But the slowdown is not likely to last
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Tobacco Row Under Seige
A sudden upsurge in major lawsuits against tobacco companies has turned previously unconcerned pension funds into shareholder activists.
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Inflation Hedge
With inflation fears growing, some plans are looking at commodities-based investment strategies that promise a hedge against it.
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General Dynamic’s Spin-Off
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.
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Pension Lobbyists Score a Victory
Pension lobbyists obtained important concessions on PBGC reform legislation this fall. The effort showed how effective they can be in Washington.
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Once More Into the Breach
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...
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On Their Own
In-house managers who specialize in derivatives are finding their special skills in demand.
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From Buyouts to Doctors Bills
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.
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Tempest in the Bullpen
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...
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Comparing Report Cards
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.
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No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
Despite headlines to the contrary, zero fee bids, like the free lunch, remain confined to myth.
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Portrait of a Retiree: Rebecca Batts Butler
77 , Retired schoolteacher, New Jersey public schools