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PSCA 51st Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401k plans
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8/13/2008New Standards, New Scrutiny for 401(k) Plan Audits This Year
8/13/2008PSCA Creates Exciting New 401(k) Day Campaign
8/13/2008Defined Contribution Fees: Considerations for Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries
8/13/2008The UPS Integrated Retirement Benefits Strategy
8/13/2008Best-Selling Author to Speak at PSCA’s National Conference
8/13/2008401(k) Success
8/13/2008Qualified Default Investment Arrangements
5/14/2008Managing Terminated Employees’ Accounts
5/14/2008Dialing for Dollars
5/14/2008Expanded Remedies for Fiduciary Breach Claims
5/14/2008Managing Life and Spending Changes During Retirement
5/14/2008The Savings Escalator
5/14/2008Participate in Upcoming PSCA Events
5/14/2008The Employer Role in Retirement — A PSCA Snapshot
5/14/2008DOL Clarifies QDIA Regulations
3/25/200860 Years of Success
3/25/2008PSCA's 2007 Eligibility Mini-Survey
3/18/2008Supreme Court Rules on Important Case
3/18/2008Taking Corrective Measures
3/14/2008Small Plan Formation
1/1/2008401(k) Fees 2007
1/1/2008DOL-Proposed Rules Require Providers to Disclose Fees
1/1/2008New IRS Compliance Tool
1/1/2008Stable Value in Today’s Defined Contribution Plan
1/1/2008Saver’s Credit 2008: The Time is Now
1/1/2008Do Financial Literacy and Mistrust Affect 401(k) Participation?
1/1/2008Averitt Express Successfully Integrates Plan Design with Participant Communications and Education
1/1/2008Start Planning for the 2008 Signature Awards!
11/6/2007SynNet Test
11/1/2007Sub-prime and 401(k)
11/1/2007Another Win for 401(k) Fiduciaries
11/1/200750th Annual Survey in Review
11/1/2007PSCA and Its Members Are Making the News!
11/1/2007IRS Announced Pension Plan Limits for 2008
11/1/2007Plan Sponsors Shine During PSCA’s 2007 Signature Awards
11/1/2007Saver’s Credit 2008: The Time Is Now
11/1/2007PSCA President David Wray's New Book Available Soon!
9/1/2007Quality Audits Are Your Fiduciary Responsibility
9/1/2007Health System Offers Award-Winning Benefits Plan
9/1/2007PSCA’s 50th Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans
9/1/200760 Years of PSCA
9/1/2007PSCA Board of Directors Member Wins Five Star Award
9/1/2007PSCA’s Magazine, Defined Contribution Insights, Wins Publication Award
9/1/2007A Tribute to PSCA and the Individuals Who Made It Successful
9/1/2007Does Higher Retirement Plan Participation Reduce Employee Turnover?
9/1/2007Fiduciary Responsibility Comes in Many Forms
7/1/2007How Will the Pension Protection Act of 2006 Impact Participant Education?
7/1/2007Successfully Integrating a Roth 401(k)
7/1/2007To Build, or to Buy: That is the Question
7/1/2007PSCA’s 60 Years of Excellence is Celebrated at National Conference
7/1/2007Stop! No Legislative Changes for Five Years
7/1/2007How to Foster Saving and Participation to Pensions: A New Approach
7/1/2007Abuse and Misuse of Access to Participants
5/24/2007Analyzing QDRO Fees: A New PSCA Study
5/1/2007DC and DB — The Difference Is Responsibility, Not Risk
5/1/2007Brokers and Dealers Lose Fiduciary Exemption for Investment Advice
5/1/2007Ann Combs Joins PSCA Board of Directors
5/1/2007PSCA Hosts Another Successful Regional Conference
5/1/2007A Successful Plan Conversion
5/1/2007The Social Security Administration Offers Beneficial Retirement Planning Program
5/1/2007Shared Capitalism: It Makes a Difference
5/1/2007PSCA Unveils Comprehensive Benefits Communication Program
3/1/2007Sense of the Senate Is Misleading
3/1/2007PSCA Implements New Membership Campaign
3/1/2007Celebrating 60 Years of Best Practices
3/1/2007Pension Protection Act of 2006 Provides Transaction Exemption
3/1/2007Roth 401(k) Survey 2007
3/1/2007PSCA Made Things Happen in 2006!
3/1/2007Why Do Plan Costs Vary?
3/1/2007PSCA Implements New Online Event Registration Software
1/1/2007401(k): America’s Retirement System
1/1/2007PSCA Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary in 2007!
1/1/2007The Role of the Plan Trustee
1/1/2007PSCA Announces New Board of Directors Members
1/1/2007Putting Employees First Through Innovative Education, Plan Design and Investment Solutions
1/1/2007401(k) Fees Lawsuits: No Longer a Hypothetical Issue
1/1/2007PSCA Releases New Eligibility Mini-Survey
1/1/2007A Fund Monitoring Methodology for Plan Fiduciaries
1/1/2007PSCA Offers New Benchmarking Service
11/1/20062006 Is the Year
11/1/2006For Automatic Enrollment, Congress Got It Right
11/1/200649th Annual Survey in Review
11/1/2006Do Automatic Rollovers Provide a Leakage Solution?
11/1/2006Many Plan Participants Seek Investment Advice
11/1/2006How to Select a Nonqualified Benefit Provider
11/1/2006Komatsu America Corporation Wins Prestigious Best of Show Award
11/1/2006It’s Not Too Late to Celebrate: 401(k) Day Web Casts
9/1/2006PSCA Succeeds Again
9/1/2006The Hazards of Beneficiary Designations
9/1/2006Spotlight on Automatic Enrollment: Special Annual Survey Topic Preview
9/1/2006Navigating a Plan Audit
9/1/2006IRS Issues Guidance on Roth 401(k) Distributions, Rollovers, and Plan Amendments
9/1/2006The Pros and Cons of Target-Date Funds
9/1/2006PSCA Promotes Message Through Media Involvement
7/1/2006Now More Than Ever in America It’s An Employer-Based Solution
7/1/2006New Relief Under ERISA for Fiduciaries of Participant-Directed Plans
7/1/2006Do You Know All of Your 401(k) Costs?
7/1/2006Look Before You Invest
7/1/2006Martin Tractor Co., Inc. Maximizes Employee’s Retirement Savings Goals
7/1/2006Is 2001 Data Relevant in 2006?
7/1/2006How Americans Manage Post-Retirement Needs and Risks
7/1/2006PSCA Conferences are the Premier Profit Sharing and 401(k) Events
3/1/2006Retirement Savings: How Do We Know When We Are Making Progress?
3/1/2006DOL Clarifies Status of Participants’ Financial Advisors
3/1/2006Optimizing Your 401(k) Plan
3/1/2006Spotlight On Lifestyle Funds
3/1/2006Proposed Regulations Provide Limited Relief Under Section 409A
3/1/2006Leading the Evolution
3/1/2006PSCA Issue Briefs Offer In-Depth Analysis and Perspective
1/1/2006Speaking Out for Employers
1/1/2006Conducting a Successful Fee Review
1/1/2006Plan Investment Guidelines Must Be Disclosed, Says District Court
1/1/2006FedEx Corporation Retirement Plans Team Is Award-Winning and High-Achieving
1/1/2006PSCA’s New Eligibility Mini-Survey
1/1/2006Hurricane Katrina Statutory and Administrative Relief
1/1/2006PSCA Introduces the “Role of the Employer” Campaign
11/1/2005Employee Savings In Defined Contribution Plans
11/1/2005Default Investment Funds: Some Points to Consider
11/1/2005Win By Default — the Most Important Investment Option
11/1/2005401(k) Plans and Foreign Securities Laws
11/1/2005PSCA Announces New Board of Directors Members
11/1/2005PSCA Creates New Editorial Advisory Committee
11/1/2005PSCA Releases Roth 401(k) Minisurvey 2005
11/1/2005PSCA Announces Its 2005 Signature Awards Winners
11/1/2005Get Involved! PSCA Membership Offers Many Professional Growth Opportunities
9/1/2005Retirement Annuities: Market-Based Solutions
9/1/2005Employers are the Difference
9/1/200548th Annual Survey in Review
9/1/2005Whose Lifestyle, Which Targets?
9/1/2005Avoiding Benefit Pitfalls During Company Transitions
9/1/2005McDonald’s Beefs Up 401(k) Plan Design
9/1/2005Washington Representation
7/1/2005Branding Your Plan
7/1/2005Coming Soon to 401(k) Plans for a Limited Time…The New Roth 401(k)
7/1/2005Defined Contribution Plans Affect Employee Behavior
7/1/2005Branding Your Plan
7/1/2005The SEC Issues New Mutual Fund Redemption Fee Rule
7/1/2005A (Company) Match Made in Heaven
7/1/2005Recent Guidance on Selecting and Monitoring Service Providers
7/1/2005Benchmarking — Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans
5/1/2005New Insights Into What Is Known About Retirement Planning
5/1/2005Focus on Fiduciary Responsibility
5/1/2005Participant Account Statements: PSCA Releases New Study
5/1/2005PSCA Made New Bankruptcy Protection Happen
5/1/2005Is Your 401(k) Day OK? Avaya’s Is!
5/1/2005The Dynamic, Non-Qualified System
5/1/2005401(k) Day Participant Web cast — 401(k): A Plan That Pays
5/1/2005Picking an Advisor
3/1/2005Missing Participants and the Internet
3/1/2005Responding to a Mobile, Multinational Workforce
3/1/2005Leading the Evolution: PSCA's 2004 Successes
3/1/2005Class Action and the 404(c) Defense
3/1/2005Ian Kopelman Appointed PSCA Legal Counsel
3/1/2005Rick Menson Named to PSCA Board of Directors
3/1/2005Analyzing QDRO Fees: A New PSCA Study
3/1/2005Putting the Cart Before the Horse
3/1/2005Establishing Retirement Security for All
1/1/2005PSCA Expands Member Benefits by Updating and Improving the Bimonthly Magazine
1/1/2005Expanding Rights for Participants with Military Service
1/1/2005Personalizing Data to Maximize Participant Attention
1/1/2005Trend Toward Increasing Eligibility
1/1/2005Over the Top Success with Integrated Plan Strategies
1/1/2005New Web-based Long Distance Learning
11/1/2004Fee disclosure
11/1/2004New members welcomed to Board of Directors
11/1/2004Costs expected to rise
11/1/2004Steering a steady course
11/1/2004Growing risk of exposure
11/1/2004Competitive intelligence: learn from the best
11/1/200447th Annual Survey review
9/1/2004Structure to results
9/1/2004Top ten mistakes
9/1/2004The complexities of benefit consolidation
9/1/20042004 Signature Awards winners announced
9/1/200447th Annual Survey in review
7/1/2004Making tomorrow different from today
7/1/2004Empowerment and paternalism
7/1/2004Paying for health care during retirement
7/1/2004A matter of focus
7/1/2004Dealing with missing participants
7/1/2004Reacting to market-timing abuse
7/1/2004Investment policy statements, investment options, and fiduciary monitoring
5/1/2004Behavior-based education
5/1/2004The retirement ready trifecta
5/1/2004Life-defining decisions
5/1/2004Managing a 401(k) plan provider merger
5/1/2004Shutting down empowerment
5/1/2004Offering assurance to fiduciaries
3/1/2004Fiduciary responsibilities - Analysis of plan fees and expenses
3/1/2004Impact of same-sex marriages on qualified plans and employee benefits
3/1/20042003: Making a difference for companies, for participants, and in Washington
3/1/2004Profit sharing in the United States
3/1/2004Written investment policy statement: Yes or no?
1/1/2004Focusing on performance of individual investments can be counterproductive
1/1/2004Monitoring potential liability
1/1/2004PSCA representatives attend ProShare Awards Banquet in England
1/1/2004PSCA staff: Who is working for you in 2001
1/1/2004PSCA eligibility minisurvey released
1/1/2004Ethical behavior an obligation, not a regulation
1/1/2004European Union developments
11/1/2003A successful manager's guide to creating a personalized education plan
11/1/2003Retirement readiness
11/1/2003IRS issues proposed regulations under Code sections 401(k) and 401(m)
11/1/2003A prudent fiduciary response to the mutual fund trading scandals
11/1/2003Addressing member concerns
11/1/2003Lifestyle funds in profit-sharing and 401(k) plans
11/1/20032004 Annual Benefit Limits
11/1/2003New board members elected
9/1/2003Administration proposals for economic recovery and to help Americans prepare adequately for retirement
9/1/2003Simplified voluntary correction program updates
9/1/2003Optional benefit forms could be eliminated under new IRS proposal
9/1/2003Between the ant and the grasshopper...
9/1/2003PSCA releases 46th Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans
9/1/2003PSCA Signature Awards 2003: A showcase for excellence
9/1/2003The long haul
7/1/2003Department of Labor Announcement FAB 2003-3
7/1/2003It's not coverage - it's participation
7/1/2003Projected retirement adequacy of workers age 50 to 61
7/1/2003Managed accounts: A comprehensive retirement solution case study
7/1/2003Spotlight on Royal Sonesta
7/1/200346th Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans
5/1/2003LSAs and RSAs very much alive
5/1/2003PSCA in the news
5/1/2003Conflicts on interest in representing ERISA fiduciaries and plan sponsors in litigation
5/1/2003Legal issues to consider with respect to service provider agreements
5/1/2003What we need to do to help employees be retirement-ready
5/1/2003Interactive educational games available in English and Spanish
3/1/2003E(k)onomics-401
3/1/2003PSCA 2002 Annual Review
3/1/2003The real story
3/1/2003Bane or boon for plan sponsors?
3/1/2003Focus on excellence
3/1/2003Annual survey
1/1/2003The great pension reform paradox
1/1/2003Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
1/1/2003Know what you are getting
1/1/2003IRS guidance issued
1/1/2003DC Plans
1/1/2003Administration offers new proposals
1/1/2003Taxation of Social Security benefits gains importance under Bush proposals
1/1/2003PSCA releases eligibility mini-survey
11/1/2002PSCA Signature Awards 2002: A showcase for excellence
11/1/2002PWBA aims to increase participation in profit sharing plans
11/1/2002EGTRRA credits enhance savings from salary reductions
11/1/2002Let's get the message out!
11/1/2002PSCA welcomes newly elected Board members
11/1/2002Global demand for profit sharing best practices increases dramatically
11/1/2002A look at participation data for various industries
9/1/2002Compliance is a fiduciary duty, too
9/1/2002A primer on ERISA fiduciary responsibilities
9/1/2002PSCA's 45th Annual Survey
9/1/2002Redefining the industry
9/1/2002Dealing with a changing workforce
9/1/2002The 401(k) secret weapon
9/1/2002PSCA members celebrate 401(k) Day
7/1/2002Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program Finalized
7/1/2002The EGTRRA tip 10 list
7/1/2002Answering employee questions about company stock
7/1/2002Q&A explains fiduciary responsibility to employees
7/1/2002Recent domestic relations order cases could frustrate plan administrators
7/1/2002Time to put profit sharing back in plans?
7/1/2002DC system still on the rise
7/1/2002Advocate offers guide to 401(k) investing
7/1/2002PSCA represented before the House
7/1/2002Former PSRF chairman honored
5/1/2002Measuring performance and cost
5/1/2002Reinventing stable value
5/1/2002The American economy
5/1/2002Unpushing the panic button
5/1/2002Recent media success
5/1/20022002 SAVER Summit
5/1/2002Snapshot survey
5/1/2002Spotlight on Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.
5/1/2002Wray appointed to ERISA Advisory Council
5/1/2002PSCA attends SAVER Summit
5/1/2002Wray writes 401(k) book
5/1/2002PSCA represented before the House
3/1/2002Blackout periods in a post-Enron world
3/1/2002The Enron ripple effect
3/1/2002The next generation of technology solutions
3/1/2002An evolved solution
3/1/2002PSCA eligibility mini-survey
3/1/2002PSCA 2001 Annual Report
1/1/2002Managing the transition
1/1/2002State income tax statutes could frustrate retirement plan sponsors
1/1/2002Update: IRS determination letters for "GUST" restatements
1/1/2002Survey focuses on members' investment advice policies
1/1/2002A decade of loans
1/1/2002Addressing member concerns
11/1/2001Act results in important changes
11/1/2001PSCA’s 44th annual survey
11/1/2001Think lump sum
11/1/2001Data privacy directive
9/1/2001Knowing when to make a deposit
9/1/2001An "efficient frontier"
9/1/2001The need for a more realistic tax expenditure figure
9/1/2001Regulations effective in 2002
9/1/2001New PSCA data on plan education
9/1/2001