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ERIC Responds to Support for PBGC Setting Premiums
"In a letter-to-the-editor of the Washington Post, ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) President Mark Ugoretz said the group takes issue with a Post editorial supporting the ability of the [PBGC] to determine how much a company that sponsors a pension plan must pay in premiums based on the company's financial condition."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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Law Firm Supports Making ESOP Valuators Fiduciaries
"Unlike other commenters on the [DOL's] proposed redefinition of fiduciary, the law firm of Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson supports the inclusion of valuators of closely-held employer securities in the definition of fiduciary."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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Public Fund Survey Summary of Findings for FY 2009 (PDF)
"The Public Fund Survey is an online compendium of key characteristics of most of the nation's largest public retirement systems. [Originally published November 2010.]"
(National Association of State Retirement Administrators)
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[Opinion]
The Pensions America Can't Afford
"Defined-benefit policies assume a static society. But we live in a dynamic society, and defined-benefit policies cannot keep up with constant change."
(NYP Holdings, Inc.)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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[Guidance Overview]
Proposed SEC Rules to Require Revised Exchange Listing Standards for Compensation Committees
"The proposed rules would direct the exchanges to establish listing standards that would apply to any committee of the board of directors that oversees executive compensation, but would not require the listing standards to apply to independent directors who oversee executive compensation in lieu of a board committee."
(Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.)
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Enrolled Agent Fees Lowered from $125 to $30 in Final Regulations
"The Internal Revenue Service has finalized regulations in the April 19 Federal Register that reduce fees to $30 for the initial application and renewal by enrolled agents and enrolled retirement plan agents in order to practice before the IRS."
(Wolters Kluwer Law & Business)
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Press Releases
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Employee Benefits Jobs
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Webcasts and Conferences
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