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Retirement Plan Newsletter March/April 2012

  • Gearing Up for Participant Fee Disclosure
  • QDRO Court Case
  • Understanding Participant Loan Limits
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter July/August 2011

  • All in the family: Attribution rules
  • All in the family: A closeup
  • Beneficiary distribution options in 2011
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter September/October 2010

  • Focus on Target Date Funds
  • Is it time for a self audit?
  • Diversification of Employer Securities
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter July/August 2010

  • HEART Act Clarifications
  • Exception to the Early Withdrawal Penalty
  • Blackout Period and Notice
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter January/February 2010

  • Preview of Changes and Cost Cutting
  • 2010 COLA Update
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter September/October 2009

  • Electing a Nonelective Safe Harbor Contribution
  • Cross-testing Primer
  • Recent Developments

 Retirement Plan Newsletter July/August 2009

  • Final Automatic Enrollment Regulations: QACAal Automatic Enrollment Regulations: EACA
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter March/April 2009

  • Interim Valuation of a Balance Forward Plan
  • Safe Harbor 401(k) Nonelective Contribution
  • Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter January/February 2009

  • Qualified Retirement Plan Protection from Creditors
  • IRS and Social Security Cost-Of-Living Adjustments
  • Back to Basics: Guidance on Missing Participants
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter September/October 2008

  • Post-severance Compensation Revisited
  • Partial Rollover Rules
  • Back to Basics: Blackout Period Notice
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter July/August 2008

  • 401(k) Supreme Court Case
  • EGTRRA Opinion Letters
  • Deadline for Depositing Deferrals

Retirement Plan Newsletter March/April 2008

  • Automatic Enrollment 2008
  • Stretch IRA and Other Options for Spouse Beneficiaries
  • Recent Developments

Retirement Plan Newsletter January/February 2008

  • QDIA Final Regulations
  • IRS and Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments
  • 2008: A Year of Change

Retirement Plan Newsletter September/October 2007

  • Final Roth Distribution Regulations
  • Final Roth Tracking Period and Reporting Rules

Retirement Plan Newsletter July/August 2007

  • Changes to the Distribution Notice
  • Interim Final Guidance on QDROs
  • Final 415 Regulations

Retirement Plan Newsletter March/April 2007

  • PPA Changes for 2007
  • Plan Statement Guidance from the DOL
  • A Closer Look at Two PPA Changes

Retirement Plan Newsletter January/February 2007

  • The Pension Protection Act of 2006
  • Form 5500 Update
  • PPA Disclosures and Notices

Retirement Plan Newsletter November/December 2006

  • The Pension Protection Act of 2006
  • Form 5500 Update
  • PPA Disclosures and Notices

Retirement Plan Newsletter September/October 2006

  • Highlights of the EPCRS Changes
  • Eligibility Rules Part 1: Hours of Service
  • Eligibility Rules Part II: Elapsed Time