ASPPA Net Staff

The Department of Labor (DOL) stands ready to assist state governments when they work to establish public retirement plans for private-sector workers, regardless of whether those plans are covered by ERISA, according to EBSA chief Phyllis Borzi.The White House set the tone with President Obama’s... READ MORE

A new study of DB and DC plans goes a little farther than just comparing them — suggesting that the best approach may be to move past the debate over which one is better.In “Defined-Contribution Pensions Are Cost-Effective,” the Manhattan Institute looks at widely held perceptions about the... READ MORE

Overall, TPAs are content with their retirement service providers, although their satisfaction/dissatisfaction metrics continue to converge, according to new research from Chatham Partners.Sixty percent of the TPAs in a recent survey say they are satisfied with their service providers, 27% very... READ MORE

Only 22% of individuals who owned a traditional or Roth IRA took a withdrawal in 2013, a percentage largely driven by activity among individuals ages 70½ or older.According to a report by the non-partisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), 65% of the individuals who took a withdrawal were... READ MORE

Require general partners to do a better job of disclosing private equity fees. That’s the message that treasurers from states in every region of the United States, as well as two of its largest cities, sent to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White in a recent letter.The treasurers... READ MORE

Fixed-income allocations by corporate pension plans are growing, a shift that is coming at the expense of equity allocations. The allocations are now close to parity, say recent reports.According to Pensions & Investments online, Standard & Poor’s says that private-sector pension plans’... READ MORE

Responding to a bipartisan (though primarily Republican) letter from more than a dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says his agency will “move forward towards issuing a Final Rule” on the agency’s “conflict of interest” proposal.In a letter addressed to... READ MORE

Friday Aug. 14 marks the debut of a brand new benefit for ACOPA members: The ACOPA Monthly e-newsletter! The Monthly will provide a rich mix of commentary and analysis by ACOPA members, as well as reports on developments and upcoming events inside the organization. Regular features will include... READ MORE

The ASPPA Annual Business Meeting will be held on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, during the 2015 ASPPA Annual Conference in National Harbor, Md.The Annual Business Meeting will include an address by ASPPA’s 2015 President, Kyla M. Keck, CPC, QPA, QKA, a look toward the future by incoming President Joseph A... READ MORE