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ASPPA Launches Plan Consultant Magazine

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Magazine Reflects Diversity of ASPPA’s Growing Membership

ARLINGTON, VA (January 13, 2012) – The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) today announced their official publication The ASPPA Journal will now be known as Plan Consultant magazine.

“Since 1997, The ASPPA Journal has served as the official publication of ASPPA with a focus on technical content. A survey of ASPPA’s growing community of diverse retirement professionals prompted the redesign of the publication from a scholarly journal to a less formal magazine format. ASPPA has grown as an organization and our magazine reflects that evolution from first The Pension Actuary newsletter issued in 1975, to The ASPPA Journal in 1997, and now Plan Consultant magazine,” said Robert Richter ASPPA President.

Plan Consultant will continue as a quarterly magazine designed to help retirement plan professionals improve their skills, enhance their knowledge, and conduct their business in a way that is professional, ethical, efficient and creative. Written by industry leaders and experienced retirement planning professionals, Plan Consultant has been re-tooled to provide practical, how-to processes and case studies that retirement plan professionals can use in their own practices.

“Readers will notice that Plan Consultant features a fresh design organized into distinct sections that will provide something for every discipline covered by ASPPA’s membership. Technical articles include actuarial/defined benefit plans, compliance, administration and recordkeeping, legal issues and tax information, government affairs and regulatory issues. Practice management articles include education and CPE, ethics, technology, marketing, and general business practices. Our hope is members will look to Plan Consultant for continuing education, networking opportunities, advocacy updates, and productivity improvement information,” said Steve Sullivan editor of Plan Consultant magazine.

Plan Consultant magazine circulates to more than 8,500 ASPPA members. The inaugural January 2012 issue includes articles on investment policy statements and fiduciaries, In-plan Roth rollovers, legislative update and re-cap from the 2011 ASPPA Annual Conference.

Contributions of letters to the editor, story and sales ideas, opinions, and finished articles are welcome at the editor’s email box. Read the online version of Plan Consultant magazine by visiting our website: www.asppa.org/pc.

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About ASPPA: The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) is a national organization of more than 8,500 retirement plan and benefits professionals that serves as the educator, voice, and advocate for the employer-based retirement system. ASPPA members are administrators, actuaries, advisors, attorneys, accountants, and other financial services professionals who provide consulting and administrative services for qualified retirement plans. www.asppa.org