2010 Retirement Income Information Links
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IRS Retirement Plans Navigator Widget
The Internal Revenue Service maintains helpful information for the retirement plans community.
The Employee Plans (EP) Office of the Internal Revenue Service understands that it's easy to get lost in all the information about retirement plan options allowed by the law. There are Lots of Benefits for you and your employees in setting up a retirement plan. Get information on common retirement plan options to help you choose a plan right for your business. If you already have a retirement plan, get information on maintaining that plan and correcting common plan errors. When using the IRS Retirement Plan Navigator, employers will find that choosing the right plan is easy. The Navigator includes a side-by-side feature comparison of the most popular types of retirement plans. For employers who already have a retirement plan, the Navigator provides links to checklists designed to help employers keep their plans on track. Even the most conscientious employers can make mistakes. The Navigator offers Fix-It Guides that describe how to find, fix and avoid common plan mistakes. |
2010 Retirement Income Conference Dates:
- LIMRA International's Retirement Industry Conference
- Insured Retirement Institute's (IRI) Advisor Forum
- The Retirement Income Industry Assocation (RIIA) Spring Conference
- Investment News' Retirement Income Summit
- Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) Annual Meeting
Retirement Associations
The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators (NAGDCA). Founded in 1980, NAGDCA is a non-profit professional organization made up of the deferred compensation/defined contribution plan administrators from the 50 states and more than 100 local governments and entities, as well as the private industry plan providers. NAGDCA’s members work together to improve non-federal government defined contribution plans through a sharing of information on investments, marketing, administration and laws relating to public sector deferred compensation/defined contribution plans. The association also gathers, disseminates, and exchanges information relating to 457(b) and 403(b) plans and works to impact laws and regulations concerning deferred compensation/defined contribution programs through a united effort.
www.NAGDCA.org
NASRA is a non-profit association whose members are the directors of the nation's state, territorial, and largest statewide public retirement systems. NASRA members oversee retirement systems that hold more than two-thirds of the more than $2 trillion in state and local government assets and that provide pension and other benefits to most state and local government employees.The mission of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators is to engage in advocacy, research, and education activities that promote best practices among its member systems and enhance the retirement security of their participants.
www.NASRA.org
Originally founded as the National Pre-retirement Education Association (NPEA) in 1980, NPEA was recently renamed the National Pension Education Association to reflect the broader goals of the organization and to focus on comprehensive retirement education for members of public/government retirement systems. NPEA is a non-profit group that provides a forum to educate public retirement system professionals and encourage the ongoing exchange of information, ideas, goals and objectives of retirement planning and member communication. As a national organization committed to quality retirement education and communication, they introduce the concept of retirement planning education to public retirement systems to encourage and guide the growth of developing programs and services, and to challenge experienced counselors, managers and communications officers to achieve greater success.
www.NPEA.com
NCPERS is the largest national, nonprofit public pension advocate, and for more than 65 years we have been the principal trade association working to protect the pensions of public employees. They focus on advocacy, research and education for the benefit of public sector pension trustees, administrators and government officials.
NCPERS was founded in 1941 to protect public employees from an action by the federal government that would have wiped out public pension systems by requiring Social Security coverage for non-covered state and local government employees. Today, the membership of NCPERS includes more than 500 public pension funds representing nearly $3 trillion in assets.
www.NCPERS.org
The Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America (PSCA) is a broadly based association of diverse businesses which believe that profit sharing, 401(k) and related savings and incentive programs strengthen the free-enterprise system, empower and motivate the workforce, improve domestic and international competitiveness and provide a vital source of retirement income. Established in 1947, PSCA is a national, non-profit association of 1,200 companies and their 6 million plan participants. PSCA represents its members' interests to federal policymakers and offers practical, cost-effective assistance with profit sharing and 401(k) plan design, administration, investment, compliance and communication. PSCA's services are tailored to meet the needs of both large and small companies. Members range in size from Fortune 100 firms to small, entrepreneurial businesses.
www.PSCA.org
The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to vigorously promoting consumer confidence in the value and viability of insured retirement strategies. IRI focuses on research, education and advocacy in the best interest of the consumer and investor and is an authoritative source of knowledge pertaining to annuities, insured retirement products and retirement planning.
www.IRIONLINE.org
Organizations which provide helpful retirement research:
AARP provides insightful retirement research on Americans over age 50.
The American Savings Education Council (ASEC) is a national coalition of public- and private-sector institutions committed to making saving and retirement planning a priority for all Americans. ASEC is a program of the Employee Benefit Research Institute Education and Research Fund (EBRI-ERF), a 501c(3) non-profit organization
The Brookings Institute’s Retirement Security Project is dedicated to promoting common sense solutions to improve the retirement income prospects of millions of American workers. It is a project of Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute and the Brookings Institution.
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College - promotes research on retirement issues, transmits new findings to the policy community and the public, helps train new scholars, and broadens access to valuable retirement data sources.
Divided We Fail.org - AARP, Business Roundtable, Service Employees Union (SEIU), and National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) are engaging the American people, businesses, non-profit organizations, and elected officials in finding bi-partisan solutions to ensure affordable, quality health care and long-term financial security
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has been conducting research on retirement plans since its founding in 1978, and publishes the annual Retirement Confidence Survey.
The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC) is an independent council of industry consultants and professionals established to provide solutions-oriented thought leadership on retirement income to facilitate the culture shift of defined contribution plans from supplemental savings plans to programs that provide retirement security.
The Internal Revenue Service maintains helpful information for the retirement plans community.
The Investment Company Institute provides interesting research on the U.S. retirement market dating back to 1995.
The Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is committed to generating debate on key policy issues affecting pensions and other employee benefits.
The Metlife Mature Market Institute is a nationally recognized leader in the exploration of and innovative approaches to understanding and bringing context to the multi-generational and multi-faceted issues of aging and longevity.
Social Security Administration - www.ssa.gov
The Society of Actuaries' Post-Retirement Needs and Risks Committee has produced n aoutstanding retirement income and risks body of research through the efforts of a multidisciplinary group of volunteer professionals.
The Urban Institute produces thoughtful non-partisan economic and social policy retirement research.
Women Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) - Improving the long-term financial security of all women through education and advocacy.
