ASPPA Net Staff

If you missed ASPPA’s highly acclaimed Virtual Conference — or would like to relive the experience — now you can watch and learn on your own schedule and earn valuable continuing education credits at the same time.This series of on-demand webcasts offers information and straight-talking answers... READ MORE

Do you know of an ASPPA member who has made a significant contribution to retirement plan education? You can help make it possible for him or her to receive recognition! Nominations are now being accepted by the ASPPA Retirement Plan Academy Advisory Group for ASPPA’s Educator’s Award. But you need... READ MORE

ASPPA’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) on June 8 filed comments with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to express concern about the IRS estimates of the cost burdens reported to OMB associated with new questions on the 2015 Form 5500 series, including the new Form 5500-SUP. ASPPA GAC... READ MORE

The IRS has updated guidance on master and prototype, and volume submitter, plan applications for opinion and advisory letters.The IRS has highlighted the following changes as important in Revenue Procedure 2015-36: extending the application deadline for pre-approved defined benefit plans from June... READ MORE

In 2005, seven companies bought financial software provider SunGard. Fast forward 10 years: on June 3, SunGard filed a Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public.The filing says the sale will begin “as soon as practicable” after the filing is declared effective. Yet to be... READ MORE

A majority of households age 55 and older do not have retirement savings. That sobering news comes from a recently released study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). “Retirement Security: Most Households Approaching Retirement Have Low Savings” says that 52% of such households are in... READ MORE

Will the third time be the charm? House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) and Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) in a June 2 letter to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez have again repeated a request for additional information... READ MORE

Summer has begun, and for many parts of the United States, so has hurricane season. Residents and proprietors in areas at risk of a landfall — as well as inland areas that also can be affected — often hear exhortations to be prepared, just in case. The IRS has issued a reminder about the importance... READ MORE

The cost of investment management is the top expense for defined benefit plan sponsors, a recent study found.Penbridge Associates, an advisory firm that focuses on the U.S. DB risk transfer market, conducted the study. It looked at the costs associated with maintaining a U.S. corporate DB plan, and... READ MORE