How some pension sponsors are cutting the fat from their defined benefit plans to reduce costs and administartive headaches-and without simply shifting to defined contribution structures.
A disastrous 1992 performance prompted some participating local pension funds to pull out of PRIM. Now, with a stellar 1993 behind it, Massachusetts' unique long-term investment trust is...
As customized currency benchmarks multiply and active tactical hedging takes off, the debate is heating up on how international investors should set their hedge ratios.
As a new national health care system is hammered out, public fund sponsors worry that their needs will not be addressed-though they may be left footing the bill.
Puerto Rico residents love deferred compensation plans. But setting them up is not easy-for one thing, it means satisfying two overlapping tax regimes.
A New York congressman has revived the question of "short-termism" in pension fund investing. Two reports by EBRI and CIEBA seek to refute the allegation.
Electronic pension benefits payment is better for both the plan sponsor and the retiree, proponents say. So why are they so slow to move into the paperless age?
Euroclear and Cedel now offer limited direct access to corporate pensions and treasuries for tri-party repos. But thus far, few corporates appear eager to cut out the banks...
The current debate over economically targeted investments is mired in a bog of half-truths. Each side focuses on one part of the issue, and ignores or mischaracterizes the...