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ASPPA Webcast: Fiduciary Breach: Avoidance and Mitigation

Available through October 28, 2016

Speaker: Bruce Ashton, Esq., APM, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP


 

The webcast outline is available here!

This webcast will address the various fiduciary breaches that an unsuspecting fiduciary may encounter. We will also take a look at the various civil and criminal penalties that can be assessed for fiduciary breaches.  The focus will be on the ways fiduciaries can mitigate their liability (e.g., ERISA bond, fiduciary insurance).

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the consequences associated with various breaches of fiduciary duty
  • Identify situations that heighten the likelihood of a fiduciary breach
  • Recommend to plan sponsors actions that can mitigate the risk of a fiduciary breach


REGISTRATION

Registration Deadline:

Live – 10/28/2015

Recorded  – 10/28/2016

Individual Viewer

     Additional Viewers

ASPPA Member:$110

     ASPPA Member:$40

Non-member:$180

     Non-member:$65

Registration for Recorded Webcast Includes:

Unlimited viewings of the Webcast recording to play anytime before the one year expiration date 

  • Webcast outline and any additional presentation materials

Recordings are available 72 hours after the live webcast takes place.

Webcast Package Pricing


Please click here for information on package pricing for classroom style webcasts and webcourse viewing. For more details on additional training package offerings, please contact [email protected].

Methods of Registration

To prevent duplication of payment, please select only one method of registration. Once your registration is processed, you will receive an electronic Registration Confirmation to the e-mail address listed on your registration form.

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Online   For credit card payment only. Receive an immediate e-mail Registration Confirmation.
E-mail   E-mail your scanned registration form(s) and credit card information to [email protected].
Fax       Fax your scanned registration form(s) and credit card information to 703.516.9308.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION

ASPPA Members

The webcast is designed to offer registrants 2 ASPPA CE credits.

Enrolled Actuaries

The webcast is designed to offer registrants 2 JBEA Non-Core CE credits for Enrolled Actuaries. The final decision as to the number and type of JBEA credits rests solely with the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries.

Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA)

The webcast is designed to offer registrants 2 ERPA CE credits. The final decision as to the number of ERPA credits rests solely with the Internal Revenue Service.


GENERAL INFORMATION

Cancellation Policy

All Webcasts are non-refundable. If you have registered for the live Webcast and are unable to attend, please email [email protected] and request to transfer your registration to the recorded version. This request must be made before the live Webcast takes place.


Disclaimer
The statements and materials presented on ASPPA webcasts are solely the opinions of the speakers and do not represent the opinion or the position of ASPPA. ASPPA assumes no responsibility for the content and materials presented by speakers during the webcast.


ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Bruce Ashton is a partner in the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group of the national law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.  His practice focuses on all aspects of employee benefits issues, including representing public and private sector plans and their sponsors, negotiating the resolution of plan qualification issues under IRS remedial correction programs, advising and defending fiduciaries on their obligations and liabilities, structuring qualified plans, non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements and health care arrangements, and representing plan service providers (including RIAs, independent record-keepers, third party administrators, broker-dealers and insurance companies) in fulfilling their obligations under ERISA. Combining his employee benefits and transactional expertise, Bruce is also active in the installation and funding of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).  Bruce served as president of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) for the 2003-2004 term. From 1998 through 2002, he served as the co-chair of ASPPA’s Government Affairs Committee and was a member of its board of directors from 1997 to 2007. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Actuaries during 2003-2004, was the president of the Western Pension & Benefits Conference Los Angeles Chapter from 2008-2009, and has served as a member of the leadership counsel of the National Tax Sheltered Accounts Association (NTSAA).  Bruce received ASPPA’s Harry T. Eidson Award in 2011.


QUESTIONS

Registration and General Questions

ASPPA Customer Support

703.516.9300

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