Managing pension and retirement plans a guide for employers, administrators, and other fiduciaries /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, August J.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Logue, Dennis E., Rader, Jack S., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to pension plans
  • What pension plans do
  • Designing the best pension plan
  • The prudent pension fiduciary : a pragmatic view
  • An overview of compliance for pension plans
  • Establishing pension investment policy
  • The asset allocation decision
  • The integrated approach to managing defined benefit plans
  • Asset allocation for defined benefit plans
  • Accounting for defined benefit plans
  • Investment policy, and asset allocation for defined contribution plans
  • Employee stock ownership plans and company stock
  • Hybrid plans
  • Evaluating investment performance
  • Improving pension fund investment performance
  • Managing pension fund risk
  • Risk management strategies using derivative securities
  • Selecting and managing asset managers
  • Managing costs
  • People and the psychology of pension fund decisions
  • The pension plan as shareholder
  • The path to better pension plan management.