Managing pension and retirement plans : a guide for employers, administrators, and other fiduciaries / / August J. Baker, Dennis E. Logue, and Jack S. Rader.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Baker, August J.
• TeilnehmendeR: Logue, Dennis E.; Rader, Jack S., 1949-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xii, 351 p.

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.