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Presenting
Authorities:
American Academy of Actuaries
Avaya Inc.
BDO Seidman
Bellwether Consulting
BVA, LLC
CreditSights, Inc
Denali Fiduciary Management
Department of Labor
Employees Retirement System
Eversheds, LLP
Greenberg Traurig
Groom Law Group
Hercules Inc.
Honeywell
Mastercard
Milliman Inc.
National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh PA
Northeast IRS
Pension Benenfit Guaranty Corporation
UBS
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Watson Wyatt
Who
Should Attend:
Pension Fund
Managers
Pension Fund
Fiduciaries
Pension Fund
Administrators
Pension Fund
Lawyers
Risk Managers
Chief Compliance
Officers
Actuaries
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. Learn how to navigate growing government scrutiny of the management of pension
funds!
Less
Than 15 Seats Left -- Click Here to Reserve Your
Pass for this event!
Click
here to learn more about the Pension Funds
Conference.
Pension funds are beset with severe
underfunding, growing liabilities and greater
expenses. For instance:
The average pension plans funded status
at the end of 2003 was only 70%, down from 82.8%
in 2000.
CFO.com reported that the percentage of
employees with fully funded plans plummeted from
84% in 1998 to 37% in 2002.
Also, pension
funds are being held to much higher standards in
terms of disclosure, compliance, and exposure to
litigation.
Under
Sarbanes-Oxley, CEOs and CFOs are required to
have internal controls regarding management of
corporate pension funds.
Both the IRS
and DOL are increasing the audit of plan
operational compliance and monitoring of plan
expenses.
The DOL and Pension
fund beneficiaries are becoming more
inclined to sue pension funds for mismanagement
such as investing in companies with sub-par
corporate governance.
Many employee
groups have sued their employers for attempting
to shift their defined-benefit plans to cash
balance plans.
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