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A federal district court in North Carolina has ruled that the rounding decision is a discretionary one that a plan administrator can make, and that choosing to round to five decimal places was not an abuse of discretion.The Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan was recently sued by a plan...
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On January 1, 2015, the American Retirement Association (ARA) will officially become the new parent entity of the four sister organizations: ASPPA, ACOPA, NAPA and NTSA. The ARA’s Code of Professional Conduct will apply to all four sister organizations, so new disciplinary procedures have been...
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With just days to go before the end of the 113th Congress, two senior members of the House Ways & Means Committee have introduced a bipartisan comprehensive retirement bill.The Small Businesses Add Value for Employees (SAVE) Act of 2014 (H.R. 5875), sponsored by Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Dave...
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The EFAST2 2014 rollover changes will be implemented in the EFAST2 production system Jan. 1, 2015. The Department of Labor issued a reminder about that for EFAST2 third party software vendors on Dec. 16. It included the reminder with its transmission of information regarding the release of the...
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Available through January 28, 2016Speaker: Robert M. Kaplan, CFP, CPC, QPA, APA Access the presentation outline here!As a new year begins, it is time to put away the holiday decorations and prepare for testing calendar year 401(k) plans. It is too late to change...
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Available through January 27, 2016Speaker: Judy Miller, MSPA, ASPPA Director of Retirement Policy Access the presentation outline here!Illinois has become the first state to enact a state-based auto-IRA program for private employers. This webcast will cover the...
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Filers of Forms 5500 and M-1 will now be able to prepare for 2014 filing. Advance copies of the 2014 Forms 5500 and 5500-SF are now available, the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration announced on Dec. 15. Changes to the Forms 5500 and 5500-SF for 2014 filing include:DOL Form M-1...
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In this, the year of the 40th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's (ERISA) enactment, many have weighed in on the best — and the worst — aspects of that law and its progeny. As 2014 draws to a close, we’re giving YOU the opportunity to weigh in on the best things about...
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Lawmakers have crafted and approved a sweeping bipartisan solution to address the mammoth funding shortfalls of the multiemployer plan system — a solution that is likely to have a long-term impact on defined benefit pension plans for both single and multiemployer arrangements.The changes mean that...
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