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Frontline’s View of Retirement Industry as Commodity is Dead Wrong
ASPPA’s Brian Graff responds to the PBS Frontline’s ‘The Retirement Gamble’ program touted to be an ‘eye opening investigation of a financial services industry that may be draining your retirement savings with every passing year.’
ASPPA Urges Lawmakers to Oppose 401(k) Tax
ASPPA CEO Brian H. Graff, comments on a provision in the proposed Marketplace Fairness Act that would harm retirement plans.
ASPPA Requests Transitional Relief & Clarification of Disclosure Deadline
Craig Hoffman, ASPPA’s General Counsel talks about a comments filed with the Department of Labor requesting a one-time transitional realignment period for providing the “second round” of participant notices required under ERISA Reg. §2550.404a-5.
Tax Reform Should Not Harm Main Street’s Retirement Plan
Brian H. Graff, CEO of ASPPA talks about new research estimates that show retirement tax incentives benefit American workers.
Plan Consultant Releases Spring 2013 Issue
In the cover story of Plan Consultant magazine, Cleo Chang, managing director and head of Wilshire
Funds Management’s Investment Research Group, discusses recent developments in Baby Boomers’ retirement-preparedness strategies and how their actions will impact the economy.
Coalition to Protect Retirement Strongly Supports Sense of the Congress Resolution on Retirement Savings
ASPPA joins the Coalition to Protect Retirement in support of the bipartisan Sense of the Congress resolution to maintain current incentives for retirement savings.
Obama Budget Slams Small Business Retirement Plans
“We were very concerned when last year’s budget included a double tax on contributions to 401(k) plans. Small business owners earning over $250,000 would have to pay tax on contributions in the year the contributions are made then pay tax at the full rate when contributions are distributed at retirement. We were hoping this misguided proposal would be eliminated in this year’s budget, but instead the Administration has kept the double tax proposal, and added another penalty for retirement savings.
Raid on Your Retirement
ASPPA’s Director of Retirement Policy Judy Miller joins “The Willis Report” on Fox Business Channel to discuss how Obama’s proposed budget savings cap would penalize savers and be a retirement plan killer.
Obama Budget Savings Cap Is A Retirement Plan Killer
ASPPA CEO Brian Graff responds to a proposed savings cap in President Obama’s budget set to be released next week.
Ronald Triche Joins ASPPA Government Affairs Team
ASPPA announced Ronald J. Triche will join ASPPA as Assistant General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs beginning April 22. Triche comes to ASPPA from Trucker Huss, where he served as retirement plan benefits attorney for 12 years, practicing in the areas of ERISA and qualified plans.
