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FEBRUARY<br />

2004<br />

• Defi ned benefi t<br />

plans not yet<br />

extinct<br />

page 2<br />

Up date<br />

Employee Benefi t News for Members of AAPG<br />

<strong>All</strong> <strong>asset</strong> <strong>categories</strong> <strong>end</strong> <strong>2003</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>positive</strong> <strong>returns</strong><br />

S<br />

stock market <strong>returns</strong> for all<br />

major <strong>asset</strong> <strong>categories</strong> <strong>end</strong>ed <strong>2003</strong><br />

on a <strong>positive</strong> note for investors, who<br />

were looking for reprieve after suffering<br />

three years in a down market.<br />

Small-cap growth stocks, small-cap<br />

stocks, and small-cap value stocks<br />

topped the charts <strong>with</strong> one-year <strong>returns</strong><br />

• Why<br />

auto<br />

rebalance?<br />

page 3<br />

• Is interest on<br />

401(k) loans<br />

tax-deductible?<br />

page 4<br />

for <strong>2003</strong> over 40%, followed by foreign<br />

stocks which returned just under 40%<br />

for the year.<br />

While all major <strong>asset</strong> <strong>categories</strong> <strong>end</strong>ed<br />

on the plus side in <strong>2003</strong>, a glance at the<br />

rest of the 2000s reminds investors that<br />

winners and losers in the investment<br />

world can change significantly from<br />

• Why small employers<br />

don’t sponsor<br />

retirement plans<br />

page 6<br />

• GeoVest Plan<br />

empowers<br />

employees<br />

page 7<br />

• Investment<br />

Fund<br />

Update<br />

page 8<br />

year to year. In order to take advantage<br />

of each year’s winning securities (and<br />

minimize the impact of the losers), it’s<br />

important to develop a well-balanced<br />

portfolio <strong>with</strong> investments across a range<br />

of <strong>asset</strong> classes. And always remember,<br />

past performance is not a guarantee of<br />

future results.<br />

FUNDS continued on page 2 u<br />

Bonds represented by the Lehman Brothers Ag gre gate Bond Index. l Large Value Stocks represented by the S&P 500/Barra Value Index. l Large Stocks represented by the<br />

S&P 500 Index. l Large Growth Stocks represented by the S&P 500/Barra Growth Index. l Small Value Stocks represented by the Russell 2000 Value Index. l Small Stocks<br />

represented by the Russell 2000 Index. l Small Growth Stocks rep re sent ed by the Russell 2000 Growth Index. l Foreign stocks represented by the MSCI EAFE Index.<br />

www.milliman.com


FEBRUARY 2004<br />

Defined benefit benefit plans plans are are not not extinct<br />

extinct<br />

I<br />

I Iin in the the era era when when it it was was not<br />

not<br />

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Iwork<br />

Iuncommon<br />

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uncommon for for an an in in di di vid vid u u al al to<br />

to<br />

work for for the the same same em em ploy ploy er er for for 25+<br />

25+<br />

years, the defined benefit plan (the<br />

traditional “pen sion plan”) was the<br />

ultimate reward for a committed<br />

employee from an appreciative employ<br />

er. Then along came the 401(k),<br />

and the face of employer-sponsored<br />

retirement plans changed forever.<br />

The old DB plan, however, is not yet<br />

totally extinct.<br />

DB v. DC<br />

For purposes of this article it may first be<br />

beneficial to highlight the differences between<br />

defined benefit (DB) and de fined<br />

contribution (DC) plans. While components<br />

such as the degree of design flexi<br />

bil i ty and the ap proach used in re gard to<br />

in vest ment advice differ between the two<br />

types of retirement plans, this ar ti cle will<br />

fo cus on three ma jor dif fer enc es be tween<br />

DB and DC plans.<br />

The first major dif fer ence is whether the<br />

con tri bu tions to and the benefits paid<br />

from the plan are con sid ered “fixed” or<br />

Figure 1. The difference between a defi ned benefi t plan and<br />

a defi ned contribution plan can be determined by whether the<br />

contributions and benefi ts are fi xed (“defi ned”) or variable.<br />

Update<br />

Employee Benefi t News for Members of AAPG<br />

page 2<br />

“vari able” (il lus trat ed in Fig ure 1). Un der<br />

a DB plan, the ben e fit an em ploy ee gets<br />

is fixed or de fined (hence, “de fined benefit”<br />

plan) and is usu al ly re lat ed in some<br />

way to an em ploy ee’s length of service<br />

<strong>with</strong> the em ploy er and/or pay. Since the<br />

ben e fit is fixed, the employer’s con tri -<br />

bu tion is what ev er amount is nec es sary<br />

to pro vide the ben e fit spec i fied (thus it<br />

is “vari able”). Conversely, under a DC<br />

plan, the em ploy er’s con tri bu tion and/or<br />

em ploy ee’s con tri bu tion is fixed or defined,<br />

usu al ly ex pressed in terms of a percent<br />

age of pay. The con tri bu tions then<br />

ac cu mu late to pro vide what ev er amount<br />

of benefit it can pur chase based on the<br />

mix of in vest ment funds se lect ed and the<br />

per for mance of the stock mar ket; thus<br />

the ben e fit un der a DC plan is vari able.<br />

Another significant difference between<br />

the two types of plans is who bears the<br />

risk for faltering in vest ments. Under a<br />

DB plan, the em ploy er bears such risk<br />

and is required to keep the plan fund ed<br />

for fu ture ben e fits. Thus if the in vest -<br />

ments per form poor ly, the em ploy er is<br />

liable for any short fall in the fund ed status<br />

of the plan. The in di vid u al em ploy ees,<br />

on the other hand, bear<br />

the investment risk un der<br />

a DC plan since under a<br />

DC plan it is up to the<br />

sole dis cre tion of the employ<br />

ee as to which mix of<br />

investment funds he or<br />

she chooses.<br />

A third important difference<br />

between DB and DC<br />

is the accrual patterns<br />

and port a bil i ty under the<br />

two plans. DB pro vides<br />

great er ac cru als for older,<br />

long er-service employees:<br />

the longer you stay,<br />

the higher the benefit. If you do leave<br />

before you re tire, the money stays in<br />

the employer’s DB plan and the ben e fit<br />

will be wait ing for you when you reach<br />

the Normal Re tire ment Age un der the<br />

plan. Al ter na tive ly, DC fa vors young er,<br />

short er-service em ploy ees <strong>with</strong> large accru<br />

als ear li er on in the work ing career. If<br />

you terminate em ploy ment, you can pack<br />

up your DC ac count balance and take it<br />

<strong>with</strong> you by rolling it to an IRA or new<br />

em ploy er’s plan if al lowed.<br />

Why the shift to DC?<br />

Employers who have abandoned their<br />

DB plans in favor of DC plans or who<br />

are just implementing a new retirement<br />

pro gram and opt for the DC over the<br />

DB have done so primarily in response<br />

to perceived wants by their employees.<br />

Since DB plans favor older, longer-service<br />

workers, such plans just are not<br />

seen as much of a reward in the eyes of a<br />

tran sient workforce that t<strong>end</strong>s to move<br />

from em ploy er to em ploy er several times<br />

through out their working careers. Incidentally,<br />

the growth in DC plans in the<br />

last 20 years was also trig gered by the<br />

num ber of Baby Boomers who were in<br />

their 20s and 30s at that time, a mas sive<br />

group of young er work ers look ing for<br />

benefits targeted for them.<br />

The boom ing stock mar ket of the ‘90s<br />

also impacted the shift from DB to<br />

DC in two ways. First, many DB plans<br />

be came great ly overfunded due to high<br />

in vest ment re turns and were con se -<br />

quent ly ter mi nat ed by em ploy ers in or der<br />

to re gain some of that funding. Sec ond,<br />

be cause the stock market seemed to head<br />

no where but up, many em ploy ees convinced<br />

them selves they could invest for<br />

re tire ment as well as or bet ter than the<br />

in vest ment pro fes sion als and con vinced


em ploy ers to give them that op por tu ni ty<br />

through the DC plan.<br />

Where are we headed now?<br />

Both the number of DC plans im ple -<br />

ment ed and the number of DB plans<br />

terminated has slowed in re cent years.<br />

Despite the investment flexibility DC<br />

plans have, the tough stock market of<br />

the early 2000s has dampened em ploy ees’<br />

thirst for being their own in vest ment<br />

manager. There is renewed in ter est in and<br />

desire for a benefit that is de ter min able<br />

Call Center CHAT<br />

Each month, Update<br />

features ques tions re ceived by<br />

Mil li man’s Customer Ser vice<br />

De part ment. � is month’s<br />

ques tion is an swered by<br />

Client Services Supervisor<br />

David Huizel.<br />

QUESTION: Why should I<br />

consider having my account<br />

automatically rebalanced?<br />

ANSWER: Electing to have your GeoVest<br />

Plan account automatically rebalanced is<br />

an excellent way to keep yourself on track<br />

<strong>with</strong> your retirement planning. Rebalancing<br />

means making sure your current mix<br />

of investment funds is aligned <strong>with</strong> your<br />

investment objectives and target <strong>asset</strong><br />

allocation strategy. If your holdings rise<br />

above your original allocation, your portfolio<br />

becomes more aggressive, and your<br />

risk exposure to possible losses increases.<br />

If your holdings fall below your target<br />

allocation, your portfolio moves to the<br />

more conservative side, and your chances<br />

of getting the rates of return you are hoping<br />

for decrease.<br />

Many experts agree if the percentage of<br />

money you have in a particular fund is<br />

<strong>with</strong>in 5% of your original <strong>asset</strong> allocation,<br />

your portfolio is probably okay for<br />

(or fixed) and which can be planned for<br />

upon retirement, caus ing some em ploy ers<br />

(and some em ploy ees) to think, “Hey,<br />

those tra di tion al pen sion plans weren’t so<br />

bad after all.” Thus, em ploy ers have been<br />

hang ing on to their DB plans al ready in<br />

place, and a crop of em ploy ers have even<br />

been look ing into es tab lish ing a new DB<br />

plan. Some have im ple ment ed hybrid<br />

plan de signs that have the best features of<br />

both DB and DC.<br />

Many experts believe, however, that a<br />

significant revival of DB plans is unlikely<br />

the time being; if over 5%, you might<br />

want to consider rebalancing. For example,<br />

say your investment strategy is to<br />

have 40% of your holdings in the Bond<br />

Fund, 40% in the Large-Cap Value Stock<br />

Fund, and 20% in the International<br />

Fund. When looking at your account to<br />

determine if you should rebalance (ideally,<br />

at least once a year), you notice 41%<br />

of your existing holdings are in the Bond<br />

Fund, 32% are in the Large-Cap Value<br />

Stock Fund, and 27% are in the International<br />

Fund. Since your original strategy<br />

is to have only 20% of your holdings in<br />

international stocks and you now have<br />

27%, your portfolio may be weighted on<br />

the more aggressive side, increasing your<br />

risk exposure and also your possibility for<br />

loss.<br />

Now, you can manually correct your allocation<br />

(i.e., rebalance) by moving some<br />

of the money out of the International<br />

Fund into the Large-Cap Value Stock<br />

Fund. Or you might change the percentages<br />

of your future contributions to, say,<br />

40% to the Bond Fund, 46% to the<br />

Large-Cap Value Stock Fund, and 14%<br />

to the International Fund.<br />

But what if you are someone who doesn’t<br />

monitor their account regularly or who<br />

FEBRUARY 2004<br />

in the short-term due to administrative<br />

com plex i ties (and associated expense)<br />

and a sense that em ploy ees still do value<br />

their 401(k)s de spite the beating they<br />

took during the last bear market. Longterm<br />

how ev er, a recognition of how inadequately<br />

many employees are pre par ing<br />

for re tire ment may cause a shift back to<br />

DB plans. If this is the case, it is pos si ble<br />

DB plans will rule again and DC plans<br />

will be rel e gat ed to the role of a sup ple -<br />

men tal rath er than a pri ma ry source of<br />

re tire ment in come for many.<br />

just can’t seem to “get around to it” when<br />

it comes to some of those investing and<br />

retirement planning “chores” such as<br />

rebalancing? In that case, the automatic<br />

rebalancing feature of the GeoVest Plan<br />

might make sense for you.<br />

By selecting the auto rebalance option,<br />

there will be an automatic redistribution<br />

of the <strong>asset</strong>s in your account either quarterly,<br />

semi-annually, or annually. While<br />

the auto rebalance feature is elected,<br />

the ability to make investment election<br />

changes will be disabled; however, you<br />

may discontinue auto rebalancing at<br />

any time. Auto rebalance can be elected<br />

through Milliman’s Web Service Center<br />

at www.millimanonline.com or through<br />

a Customer Service Representative.<br />

Periodic maintenance of your 401(k) account<br />

is crucial to achieving your desired<br />

nest egg. Auto rebalance is an easy and<br />

convenient way for GeoVest Plan participants<br />

to perform this maintenance.<br />

If you have further questions on this<br />

is sue, please contact Customer Service at<br />

800 652.6675.<br />

Update<br />

Employee Benefi t News for Members of AAPG<br />

page 3


FEBRUARY 2004<br />

PlanBITS<br />

1099Rs sent automatically<br />

<strong>with</strong> distribution checks<br />

Employees who take an in-service<br />

<strong>with</strong>drawal or distribution from their<br />

401(k) account should note the 1099R<br />

form is attached to their check. They<br />

will need the 1099R when preparing<br />

their tax <strong>returns</strong> for the year in<br />

which they took the distribution.<br />

Replacement 1099R forms are available<br />

through the Charles Schwab Trust<br />

Company for $5. Contact Customer<br />

Service for more information.<br />

Milliman USA welcomes<br />

Justin Ingraham<br />

Please join Milliman USA in welcoming<br />

Justin Ingraham to the GeoVest<br />

Plan service team. Justin joined<br />

Milliman February 9 as a Customer<br />

Service Representative.<br />

Look for Milliman at AAPG<br />

Annual Meeting<br />

Milliman USA representatives will be<br />

att<strong>end</strong>ing the AAPG Annual Meeting<br />

in Dallas, Texas, on April 18-21,<br />

2004. You are welcome to stop by the<br />

booth to visit about the GeoVest Plan,<br />

or att<strong>end</strong> the interactive presentation<br />

and discussion regarding this valuable<br />

AAPG member benefit.<br />

Update<br />

Employee Benefi t News for Members of AAPG<br />

page 4<br />

Interest on 401(k) loans not<br />

tax-deductible<br />

A<br />

as employees prepare their<br />

<strong>2003</strong> tax <strong>returns</strong>, some may question<br />

whether or not they can deduct<br />

the interest they pay back to their<br />

accounts on a 401(k) loan. Here’s<br />

what you should tell them.<br />

A loan taken from your 401(k) account is<br />

not tax-deductible. This is the case even<br />

if the purpose of the 401(k) loan is for<br />

the purchase of a home. Interest paid on<br />

a mortgage or home equity line of credit<br />

may be tax-deductible because your<br />

home is being used to secure the loan.<br />

In the case of a 401(k) loan, your 401(k)<br />

account is used to secure the loan. Remember,<br />

you are already getting a tax<br />

advantage when you put money into<br />

your 401(k) plan, since these contributions<br />

are taken out of your paycheck pretax<br />

(i.e., before regular income taxes are<br />

taken out).<br />

When you are considering taking a loan<br />

from your 401(k) plan versus ob tain ing a<br />

loan from other sources, wheth er or not<br />

the interest is tax-de duct ible is just one of<br />

the factors that will affect your decision.<br />

Also con sid er:<br />

l Interest paid back on your 401(k)<br />

loan is paid back to your own account<br />

rath er than to a bank or other<br />

in sti tu tion.<br />

l However, unlike your 401(k) sala<br />

ry de fer rals, you repay your loan<br />

<strong>with</strong> after-tax dol lars. When you<br />

<strong>with</strong> draw this mon ey at re tire ment,<br />

it will be taxed again, and you will<br />

es sen tial ly be pay ing tax es twice on<br />

the same mon ey.<br />

l The interest you pay back to your<br />

ac count may be less than what you<br />

could otherwise have earned through<br />

your 401(k) investments. You also<br />

lose out on the com pound ing earnings<br />

you would oth er wise have received<br />

on the money you borrowed.<br />

l If you leave your employer, the entire<br />

outstanding balance on the loan<br />

is due <strong>with</strong>in 60 days. If you don’t<br />

pay it all back, you will have to pay<br />

taxes on the balance plus a 10% penal<br />

ty if you are not 55 at the time of<br />

termination.<br />

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FEBRUARY 2004<br />

When two or more companies are merging, sometimes it’s easy to lose<br />

sight of all the issues involved <strong>with</strong> such a merger. For example, if the<br />

merging entities offer different retirement packages, which package will<br />

the merged company retain? Or will the merged company retain features<br />

of both packages? Perhaps the new company will opt to design an<br />

entirely new plan altogether.<br />

Milliman USA can help <strong>with</strong> evaluating retirement benefi ts for companies<br />

involved in a merger, and GeoVest Plan sponsors can obtain this service<br />

at no additional cost. Our experienced professionals are available to<br />

help you objectively compare plan features, services, and costs. There<br />

are a lot of complex decisions to make in a merger. What to do <strong>with</strong><br />

the retirement benefi ts doesn’t have to be one of them.<br />

Update<br />

Employee Benefi t News for Members of AAPG<br />

page 5


FEBRUARY 2004<br />

Small employers cite revenue uncertainty and costs<br />

as impediments to sponsoring a retirement plan<br />

R<br />

revenue uncertainty is the<br />

top reason small employers (those<br />

<strong>with</strong> five to 100 full-time employees)<br />

do not sponsor a retirement<br />

plan, according to the <strong>2003</strong> Small<br />

Employer Retirement Survey<br />

(SERS) sponsored by the Employee<br />

Benefit Research Institute (EBRI),<br />

the <strong>American</strong> Savings Education<br />

Council (ASEC), and Mathew Greenwald<br />

& Associates.<br />

Perhaps there is a link in uncertain revenue<br />

and the offering of other benefits<br />

as well. Of small employers who do not<br />

offer a retirement plan, those who also<br />

did not offer health insurance were more<br />

likely to say uncertain revenue keeps<br />

them from sponsoring a retirement plan<br />

(37.8% compared to 22.1% of small employers<br />

who did offer health insurance).<br />

Just for FUN<br />

Update<br />

Employee Benefi t News for Members of AAPG<br />

page 6<br />

Other demographics also came into play<br />

whether or not employers blamed unstable<br />

revenues for not offering a retirement<br />

plan. Citing revenue uncertainty<br />

decreased as gross revenue of the business<br />

increased (18% for employers <strong>with</strong> over<br />

$2 million in revenue versus 40.4% for<br />

employers <strong>with</strong> $500,000-$750,000 in<br />

revenue) and as average salary of most<br />

full-time employees increased (19.9%<br />

for employers where most full-time employees<br />

made over $40,000 compared<br />

to $27.3% for employers where most<br />

full-timers made between $20,000 and<br />

$30,000).<br />

It is no surprise, then, that 58% of those<br />

who were very or somewhat likely to start<br />

a retirement plan in the next two years<br />

said it would be much more likely they<br />

would start a plan if they experienced<br />

an increase in business profits. Over twothirds<br />

of those employers who originally<br />

said they were not too likely or not at<br />

Each number in the phrase below represents a different letter of the alphabet. Not all letters of the alphabet<br />

are used. To get you started, the number “10” represents the letter “V.” The solution is on page 4.<br />

~ John Welch<br />

all likely to start a plan in the next two<br />

years also said an increase in business<br />

profits would make them much more<br />

likely (22.8%) or somewhat more likely<br />

(44.3%) they would install a retirement<br />

plan.<br />

The second most cited reason for not<br />

offering a plan was the administrative<br />

and set-up costs for a plan. Interestingly,<br />

those who were not aware of the<br />

tax credits established by the Economic<br />

Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation<br />

Act (EGTRRA) of 2001 were more likely<br />

to say costs were an impediment to their<br />

sponsoring a plan than those who were<br />

aware of the EGTRRA tax credits. Small<br />

employers who do not currently sponsor<br />

a retirement plan should note they<br />

are allowed a tax credit for 50% of the<br />

first $1,000 of administrative expenses<br />

incurred <strong>with</strong>in each of the first three<br />

plan years after implementing a qualified<br />

retirement plan. Therefore, there is<br />

a maximum credit of<br />

$500 a year for three<br />

years. To be eligible, an<br />

employer must not have<br />

had, in the preceding<br />

year, more than 100 employees.<br />

The plan must<br />

be established after 2001<br />

and must cover at least<br />

one non-highly compensated<br />

employee. In addition,<br />

the employer must<br />

not have sponsored a<br />

qualified retirement plan<br />

during the three years<br />

immediately prior to the<br />

credit being available.<br />

Source: <strong>2003</strong> Small Employer<br />

Retirement Survey, EBRI Notes,<br />

September <strong>2003</strong>.


Ssince since the introduction of<br />

of<br />

Sthe the 401(k) plan in the 1980s, many<br />

have applauded the 401(k) for giving<br />

employees the opportunity to<br />

be in charge of their own retirement.<br />

However, some employees may be<br />

slightly hesitant about being in charge,<br />

and their 401(k) plan can <strong>end</strong> up being<br />

more an obstacle than a road map to a<br />

comfortable retirement. Fortunately, the<br />

GeoVest Plan works well for both kinds<br />

of investors: those who enjoy having control<br />

of their investments and those who<br />

say they could frankly use a little help.<br />

When employees are uncertain about the<br />

stock market and investing or hesitant<br />

about participating in their 401(k) because<br />

they don’t completely understand<br />

how 401(k)s work, inertia sets in. Instead<br />

of proactively trying to learn sound<br />

investment principles or to determine<br />

how much they might need to fund their<br />

retirement goals, they simply put it off.<br />

And put it off…and put it off, seriously<br />

jeopardizing their prospects for a comfortable<br />

retirement.<br />

As such, Milliman USA has designed a<br />

variety of plan features which empower<br />

employees to reap the benefits of the<br />

401(k) <strong>with</strong>out having to become savvy<br />

investors.<br />

The Plan offers seven model portfolios<br />

ranging from very conservative to very<br />

aggressive. These portfolios are predetermined<br />

mixes utilizing several of the funds<br />

offered under the GeoVest Plan. Participants<br />

can use the Retirement Toolbox at<br />

www.millimanonline.com or the Your<br />

Investor Profile worksheet in their Participant<br />

PlanFolder to identify which model<br />

is best suited for their situation. The<br />

Retirement Toolbox also has a powerful<br />

Retirement Income Analyzer that can<br />

help determine retirement savings needs<br />

and identify any surplus or shortfall that<br />

may result from the participant’s current<br />

savings level.<br />

The GeoVest Plan also offers four lifestyle<br />

funds in addition to the 10 other investment<br />

options covering the full range of<br />

the risk/return spectrum. GeoVest plan<br />

participants can either (1) diversify their<br />

<strong>asset</strong>s among the 10 non-lifestyle funds,<br />

FEBRUARY 2004<br />

GeoVest Plan empowers employees to admit they<br />

need <strong>asset</strong> allocation help<br />

Remember there are three ways to access<br />

your GeoVest ac count information:<br />

Online through Milliman USA’s Web Service Center<br />

(millimanonline.com)<br />

Through the GeoVest Plan Telephone Hotline<br />

(toll-free at 800 974.2371)<br />

Through Milliman USA’s Customer Service Department<br />

(toll-free at 800 652.6675)<br />

(2) choose one lifestyle fund based on<br />

their investing personality, or (3) choose<br />

a model portfolio as described above.<br />

The Plan’s lifestyle funds, managed by<br />

The Vanguard Group, have built in <strong>asset</strong><br />

allocations based on the investment objectives<br />

of the funds. Rather than investing<br />

in individual securities, the lifestyle<br />

funds invest in combinations of several<br />

underlying Vanguard funds.<br />

The Lifestyle Income Fund seeks current<br />

income and capital growth. The fund allocates<br />

<strong>asset</strong>s <strong>with</strong>in the following parameters:<br />

80% in bonds and 20% in stocks.<br />

The Lifestyle Conservative Growth Fund<br />

is slightly more risky than the Lifestyle<br />

Income Fund, typically investing 60% of<br />

<strong>asset</strong>s in bonds and 40% in stocks. The<br />

fund seeks current income and low-tomoderate<br />

capital growth. The Lifestyle<br />

Moderate Growth Fund also typically<br />

invests 60% of <strong>asset</strong>s in stocks and 40%<br />

in bonds and seeks capital growth and a<br />

reasonable level of current income. The<br />

Lifestyle Growth Fund is the riskiest<br />

of the lifestyle funds, typically investing<br />

80% of <strong>asset</strong>s in stocks and 20% in<br />

bonds.<br />

More details on the funds can be found<br />

following the links in the Investment<br />

Fund Performance section of Milliman’s<br />

Web Service Center.<br />

Finally, the Plan offers an automatic<br />

rebalancing option, which is discussed<br />

in more detail in the Call Center Chat<br />

feature on page 3.<br />

By taking advantage of several of the<br />

features of the GeoVest Plan, participants<br />

will find investing and retirement planning<br />

does not have to be that difficult<br />

after all.<br />

Update<br />

Employee Benefi t News for Members of AAPG<br />

page 7


Asset Category<br />

ALBANY<br />

ATLANTA<br />

BERMUDA<br />

BOISE<br />

BOSTON<br />

CHICAGO<br />

COLUMBUS<br />

DALLAS<br />

DENVER<br />

GREENSBORO, NC<br />

HARTFORD<br />

HONG KONG<br />

HOUSTON<br />

Investment Fund<br />

Update<br />

Employee Benefit News for Members of AAPG<br />

page 8<br />

INVESTMENT FUND UPDATE AS OF JANUARY 31, 2004<br />

Update is a monthly publication for members of the <strong>American</strong> Association of Petroleum<br />

Geologists exploring retirement plan and employee benefit issues. �is publication is for<br />

informational purposes only and is not int<strong>end</strong>ed to r<strong>end</strong>er legal advice on the topics discussed.<br />

NAV 3-Month 1-Year<br />

5-Year<br />

Annualized<br />

10-Year<br />

Annualized<br />

Stable Value Morley Stable Value Fund $17.43 0.99% 4.38% 5.80% N/A N/A<br />

The GeoVest Plan is a comprehensive, customized retirement savings plan tailored specifically for<br />

members of the <strong>American</strong> Association of Petroleum Geologists and other affiliated geological<br />

professional associations. GeoVest is set up for small employers and sole proprietorships but<br />

has many of the same characteristics found in Fortune 500 retirement plans. Some of the<br />

key benefits GeoVest sponsors and participants enjoy include outsourced administration,<br />

a 24-hour automated voice response unit, a customer service call center, a dynamic interactive<br />

Web Service Center including automatic rebalance and online investment advice<br />

features, and an additional Plan Sponsor Web site for companies that desire a “macro” level<br />

look at their retirement plan.<br />

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WASHINGTON, D.C.<br />

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DENMARK<br />

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GERMANY<br />

INDIA<br />

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ITALY<br />

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NETHERLANDS<br />

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NORWAY<br />

Inquiries may be directed to: Milliman USA, Benefits Service Center<br />

8500 Normandale Lake Boulevard, Suite 1850<br />

Minneapolis, MN 55437-3830<br />

800 652.6675<br />

e-mail: gerald.erickson@milliman.com<br />

Ticker<br />

Symbol<br />

Bond PIMCO Total Return Institutional $10.76 2.10% 5.80% 7.33% 7.55% PTTRX<br />

Large-Cap Value Stock Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value $18.97 9.74% 48.90% 9.47% 11.82% HWLIX<br />

Index Vanguard Index 500 $104.54 8.06% 34.37% -1.08% 10.82% VFINX<br />

Large-Cap Bl<strong>end</strong> Stock Dreyfus Appreciation $37.53 7.63% 25.93% -0.43% 11.40% DGAGX<br />

Mid-Cap Value Stock Dreyfus Mid-Cap Value $28.95 15.38% 67.34% 15.85% N/A DMCVX<br />

Mid-Cap Stock Artisan Mid-Cap $26.97 8.93% 41.87% 14.97% N/A ARTMX<br />

Small-Cap Value Stock Quaker Small-Cap Value $18.07 9.44% 57.68% 12.31% N/A QUSVX<br />

Small-Cap Growth Stock RS Diversified Growth $22.92 8.01% 80.05% 10.84% N/A RSDGX<br />

International Nations International Value $19.84 14.43% 53.95% 11.70% N/A NIVLX<br />

Lifestyle Income Vanguard Lifestrategy Income $13.34 3.39% 12.68% 5.02% N/A VASIX<br />

Lifestyle Conservative Growth Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth $14.72 4.82% 19.51% 4.05% N/A VSCGX<br />

Lifestyle Moderate Growth Vanguard Lifestrategy Moderate Growth $16.89 6.44% 26.84% 2.99% N/A VSMGX<br />

Lifestyle Growth Vanguard Lifestrategy Growth $18.50 7.88% 34.20% 1.68% N/A VASGX<br />

Fund performance figures were provided by Gartmore Morley and Morningstar. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.<br />

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