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Western Benefits Conference 2011 [Advert.]
Featuring groundbreaking sessions for plan sponsors, attorneys, consultants, health & welfare professionals, actuaries, investment advisors and TPAs, the WP&BC and ASPPA present the Western Benefits Conference July 24-27 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
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Review of '401k Averages Book'
"401k Averages Book, published in November 2010] allows the typical 401k plan sponsor and fiduciary to discover at least some of the hidden truths regarding fees and their 401k plan."
(Fiduciary News)
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Your Product + Our Readers = $$ [Advert.]
Advertise your company's products and services in the BenefitsLink newsletter. Our subscribers care about employee benefit plan compliance, administration, costs and design. Contact Mary Hall for details.
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How to Identify the Better 401(k) Recordkeepers
"Senior management - There are three factors to consider: 1) Experience in the industry; 2) Talent level; 3) Tenure - changing management every three to four years never allows a strategy to take hold."
(Employee Benefit Adviser; free registration required)
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CalPERS Issues Public Employee Benefits Education to Elected Officials
"The toolkit is being distributed to State, local, and federal officials to help them understand how public employee retirement benefits work and to assist them in developing well-informed public policies on the issue. CalPERS is also providing copies to key members of Congress and congressional staff who work on employee benefit issues."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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Public Pensions, Once Off Limits, Face Budget Cuts
"When an arbitrator ruled this month that Detroit could reduce the pensions being earned by its police sergeants and lieutenants, it put the struggling city at the forefront of a growing national debate over whether the pensions of current public workers can or should be reduced."
(The New York Times; free registration required)
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A Primer on Defined Benefit Pension Plans
"[This introductory primer presents] the factors and assumptions behind the pension benefit estimations and how a plan can be affected by changes in these items."
(San Francisco Chronicle)
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[Opinion]
The Administration's PBGC Premium Proposal Deserves Support
"The Administration's proposal to increase PBGC's authority to establish a more appropriate level and structure for PBGC premiums is conceptually sound. If enacted, its application should be continually refined to address the legitimate concerns expressed by the pension sponsor community."
(e21 - Economic Policies for the 21st Century)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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Update on Shareholder Say on Pay and Frequency Voting
"Two more companies received a majority 'Against' vote on their SSOP resolutions: Umpqua Holdings Corporation (65% to 35%) and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (62% to 38%), bringing the total to eight companies that have so far received a 'No' vote."
(Michael S. Melbinger via Winston & Strawn LLP)
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Auto Industry Labor Costs in Perspective
"Compensation costs for workers in the U.S. automotive industry became a widely discussed topic in the final months of 2008. Data from the 2009 National Compensation Survey put these compensation costs into perspective."
(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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Press Releases
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