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PREVIOUS COLUMNS
June 2008
·The Pension COLA Conundrum
·Pension Funds Tarred in the Oil Pits
·The Cost of Living Longer
May 2008
·Opportunities for Patient Money
·Avoiding Benefits Bankruptcy
·Rialto’s Pension Give-Away
·Controlling OPEB Costs
April 2008
·Moving Beyond Divestment
·Pension Board Room Follies
·Wisconsin Schools Flunk ‘Investments 101’
·Pension Funds Think Outside the Box
March 2008
·Defined-Contribution Report: Mostly Hits, with a Few Misses
·Fiduciaries on the Hook
·Play the MOB?
January 2008
·Investments and Markets
·Plan Design & Strategies
·Pensions, Politics & Benefits Tax Policy
December 2007
·Fees in Your Face
·Public vs. Private Pension Plans
·Fair Taxes on Hedge Funds
·Girard's New Year's Wish List
October 2007
·Wellness — Or Else!
·UAW’s new VEBA & your OPEB
·Overcoming the Police Shortage
·Health Care: Hard Numbers, Hard Choices
·Lessons from the California Wildfires
September 2007
·Retirement Vendor Kickbacks
·Pensions, Housing & Mortgage $$$
·The St. Louis Pension Bond Debate
July 2007
·Pension Divestment and Fiscal Sanity
·Funding OPEB With Pension Profits
·A Possible Benefits Crackdown
June 2007
·‘Over-funded’ Pensions? Hardly!
·‘Target-Date’ Funds Miss the Bull’s-Eye
·Hounding the Fat Cats
February 2007
·DROP Reform
January 2007
·Retirees and Realities
Girard Miller, an analyst of benefits and investments with 30 years of experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, can be reached at Girardinmalibu@charter.net.
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