A boom in monitoring the pension funds.

The article reports that the provisions of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974, is encouraging services to evaluate fund performance for pension fund managers. According to the vice president of Becker Securities Corp., Robert T. Brehm, the law requires the pension officer to authorize certain responsibilities in money management, and stay informed and prudent with the selection of an outside manager and his performance.