ERISA Paper Topic

[Guest edelain]

Hello,

For school, I need to write a 20-page paper on any ERISA topic. Most my current knowledge is in the pension portion of ERISA and I would like to write my paper in that realm. However, I cannot think of a topic worth 20 pages of discussion. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Eric

[namealreadyinuse]

The PPA is huge. An article on the historical problems with providing investment advice and how that is impacted by the PPA is a suggestion. Also, mutual fund mapping is affected by the PPA and that is pretty interesting.

[JanetM]

Tracing the history of plan design and employee communication/education? Early days it was ER directed balance forward plans and no participant interaction to total EE directed plans. You could get 20 pages on that if you covered the asset/investment angle, the shift from PP/MPPPs to 401k, and the shift in responsibility for decisions.

[Lame Duck]

You could also consider the history of defined benefit plans, both in the large employer and small employer market.

[Guest edelain]

Some good suggestions. Thanks!

[Guest Pensions in Paradise]

You might get 20 pages just defining all of the acronyms that have been used since ERISA