ASPPA

• 401(k) Summit kicks off

  By Denis Storey  |  March 4, 2013

  To say this year's NAPA/ASPPA 401(k) conference kicked off with conflicted feelings would be understating it.

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  Macarena with the actuaries

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  November 1, 2012

  What do slightly relaxed retirement professionals privately tell you about their jobs? That their dealings with the DOL are a little less pleasant than oral surgery.

• FSI celebrates scuttling of money market reform

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  August 23, 2012

  SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro has called off a vote which might have changed the ways money market funds are calculated, following aggressive trade lobbying.

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  ASPPA requests 'transitional period' for fee disclosure regs

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  April 30, 2012

  With no FAQs forthcoming from the DOL, ambiguities remain on many fee disclosure details, and ASPPA has requested a one-year grace period.

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  Bad government accounting may lead to bad retirement policy

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  April 16, 2012

  Poised to testify Tuesday before the House Ways & Means Committee, ASPPA issues research suggesting current retirement tax incentives are not as costly as suggested.

• Industry groups push for electronic options in 401(k) disclosures

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  March 28, 2012

  Plan sponsors and administrators say new DOL guidelines do little to incentivize the use of lower-cost electronic means to get participants the required disclosures.

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  Heading (uneasily) into the final stretch of fee disclosure

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  March 21, 2012

  In a video interview, ASPPA's Craig Hoffman says a few key uncharted areas remain in the fee disclosure pipeline, non-monetary compensation and designated investment alternatives especially.

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  Fee disclosures good for participants, DOL's Michael Davis says

  By Staff Writer  |  March 21, 2012

  Some gray areas still abound as deadlines approach, especially in the multi-employer plan arena, but the rules should help participants.

• 5 ongoing 401(k) plan myths debunked

  By Brian H. Graff  |  February 17, 2012

  You need to encourage Americans to save for their retirement, and modifications to the tax code are crucial, suggests ASPPA CEO Brian Graff.

• Congress agrees tax incentives important for retirement

  By Jenny Ivy  |  February 16, 2012

  Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have formally declared that tax incentives are important for retirement saving, and this should be taken into account for tax code reforms.