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The BenefitsLink Newsletter -
Retirement Plans Edition Today's sponsor is EmployeeBenefitsJobs.com June 22, 2000 Excessive Attention to Fiduciary Risk But Not Enough to Communications Is Penny Wise, Dollar Foolish By John Rekenthaler of Morningstar. Excerpt: "To participants, communications of a 401(k) plan's construction are far more important than ironing out that final investment detail. The manner in which you present information about the plan will greatly alter their decisions." (401kWire.com; free registration required) Total Pay for 505 U.S. Chief Executives Excerpt: "The following table lists pay for the chief executives of the 500 largest U.S. companies by market value as of May 31." (Graef Crystal, on Bloomberg.com) Eight CEOs Make the $100 Million Club Excerpt: "Eight chief executives received nine-digit pay packages in their most recently reported fiscal year, according to a study [Graef Crystal] just completed of the 500 largest U.S. companies by market value." (Graef Crystal, on Bloomberg.com) Nonprofit Organization and Web Site Advocates 'Socially Responsible Investing' Excerpt: "A national nonprofit membership organization promoting the concept, practice and growth of socially responsible investing." (Social Investment Forum) Web Site Provides Information, Resources on 'Socially Responsible' Investing Excerpt: "Welcome to SocialFunds.com, the Web's most comprehensive personal finance site devoted to socially responsible investing - over 2,000 pages of information to help you become an informed social investor." (SocialFunds.com) Bush vs. Gore on Retirement Security Excerpt: "This week Vice President Al Gore detailed an approach to retirement saving policy that is radically different from the Social Security privatization plan embraced by his rival, presumptive GOP presidential candidate, Gov. George W. Bush ... this debate will alert ordinary voters to the stark differences between the two candidates' plans." (Michael Calabrese, on IntellectualCapital.com) myStockOptions.com Site Launches Excerpt: "Our goal is to help you to realize the most value possible from your employee stock options. The content, calculators, and community at myStockOptions.com will make you smarter about the financial planning, tax, and legal issues surrounding them." (Not affiliated with BenefitsLink.) (myStockOptions.com) Subscribe to the Welfare Plans Edition, too (click) Copyright 2000 BenefitsLink.com, Inc. Feel free to forward this email to friends, colleagues or clients, if no fee is paid to you and the email is forwarded in its entirety. Thanks! BenefitsLink is a trademark of BenefitsLink.com, Inc., published by Dave Baker with much help from Mary Hall and lots of friends. To subscribe (free): visit https://benefitslink.com/newsletter - or the person desiring to subscribe can send an email to listmanager@postmastergeneral.com, with this as the subject of the email: subscribe BLretirement We have an online archive of prior issues at http://www.postmastergeneral.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl?list=BLretirement |
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