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Tables of Contents for Managing Pension And Retirement Plans
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART I Fundamentals
1 An Introduction to Pension Plans
3
6
2 What Pension Plans Do
9
6
3 Designing the Best Pension Plan
15
11
4 The Prudent Pension Fiduciary: A Pragmatic View
26
15
5 An Overview of Compliance for Pension Plans
41
8
6 Establishing Pension Investment Policy
49
10
7 The Asset Allocation Decision
59
12
PART II Defined Benefit Plans
8 The Integrated Approach to Managing Defined Benefit Plans
71
14
9 Asset Allocation for Defined Benefit Plans
85
27
10 Accounting for Defined Benefit Plans
112
19
PART III Defined Contribution and Hybrid Plans
11 Investment Policy and Asset Allocation for Defined Contribution Plans
131
14
12 Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Company Stock
145
6
13 Hybrid Plans
151
10
PART IV Measuring, Evaluating, and Improving Investment Performance
14 Evaluating Investment Performance
161
19
15 Improving Pension Fund Investment Performance
180
14
16 Managing Pension Fund Risk
194
19
17 Risk Management Strategies Using Derivative Securities
213
24
PART V Management Issues: Decisions, Strategies, and People
18 Selecting and Managing Asset Managers
237
11
19 Managing Costs
248
8
20 People and the Psychology of Pension Fund Decisions
256
11
21 The Pension Plan as Shareholder
267
11
22 The Path to Better Pension Plan Management
278
11
Appendix A A Guide for the Prudent Fiduciary
289
2
Appendix B Global Investing for Pension Funds
291
5
Appendix C Example of a Multiemployer Hybrid Pension Plan
296
1
Appendix D Measuring Returns
297
8
Appendix E Adjusting for Risk
305
2
Appendix F An Example of an Equity Swap Hedge
307
2
Appendix G Manager Selection
309
6
Notes
315
10
Works Cited
325
12
Index
337