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QDIA Guidelines Under the PPA: Establishing & Monitoring Default Investment Options
Course Description:
If you’re like most employers, you’re genuinely confused about what to do with Qualified Default Investment Alternatives (QDIAs). But, if you don’t understand the new guidance and comply with its provisions you won’t get the benefit of the protections it offers.
When QDIAs came to be in December of 2007 it launched a new decade for defined contribution plans. These plans relieve participants from making complex investment choices and take liability away from plan sponsors.
QDIAs also allow advisors to select and manage QDIAs on behalf of participants and plan sponsors. But, in order to realize the full benefits of QDIAs, the plans must be carefully selected, managed, and monitored.
Find out how the DOL’s guidance affects participants, plan sponsors, advisors and providers in this invaluable CCM audio conference. Learn best practice strategies for ensuring compliance when establishing and maintaining a QDIA. In just 75 minutes, you’ll also discover:
- QDIA rules and disclosure requirements created by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA)
- Complete update on advice provisions of the PPA
- Clarified issues covered in the Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2008-03
- An explanation of the key features of QDIAs
- Which types of plans can obtain fiduciary protection under the qualified default
- Tips and techniques for selecting and monitoring a QDIA
- Pre-packaged QDIAs: Are they a good option?
You’ll also get the answers to your specific questions in the interactive Q&A session.
Featured Facuty:
Michael Case Smith, Senior Vice President, Institutional Marketing and Strategy Avatar Associates
Michael Case Smith is Senior Vice President, Institutional Marketing and Strategy at Avatar Associates. Avatar was founded in 197 and enters the 401(k) market as a fiduciary for customized lifecycle, balanced and managed accounts under the Pension Protection Act.
Mr. Smith began his career in asset management with Trust Company of the West in London. After seven years of institutional sales in Los Angeles, he led sales for TCW spin-off GuidedChoice, an on-line investment advice tool under the direction of Nobel Lauriete Harry Markowitz. Smith and former TCW colleagues then designed the fully discretionary 401(k) business method described in the Pension Protection Act of 2006. As architects of "autopilot 401(k)", the group helped develop the managed investment programs of AIG, New York Life, Great West Life, and J.P. Morgan.
Most recently, Mr. Smith was Director of Index and Allocation at Zacks Investment Management. He was responsible for $900mm in ETF and UIT products, including the TD Ameritrade Independence lifecycle ETFs.
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Pricing:
Item |
Early
Bird Price
(expires 8/4) |
Regular
Price |
| Event + CD |
$279.00 |
$349.00 |
| Event Only |
$199.00 |
$269.00 |
| CD Only |
$199.00 |
$269.00 |
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Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.
APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:
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HRCI - Receive 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. |
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