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		<title><![CDATA[AICPA Issues Technical Practice Aids on Employee Benefit Plans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5675/is_200707/ai_n23714490]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The AICPA recently issued three employee benefit plan related Technical Practice Aids to provide guidance in implementing FASB Staff Position AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment CThe AICPA recently issued three employee benefit plan related Technical Practice Aids to provide guidance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Audit Quality Center Members Get New Professional Liability Premium Credit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AICPA Professional Liability Insurance Program, in support of AICPA initiatives to improve the quality of government and employee benefit plan audits, is awarding a new premium credit to firms that are members of the AICPA Governmental Audit or EmployThe AICPA Professional Liability Insurance Program, in support of AICPA initiatives...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Labor Department Obtains Court Order Barring Idaho Company and Executives from Service to Employee Benefit Plans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200606/ai_n21876165]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent order barring the sponsor and service provider of the ePEO Link Inc. Group Accident and Health ERISA Medical Care Plan, and their principals, from serving as fiduciaSAN FRANCISCO, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Labor Department Web Site Assists Hurricane Victims Locate Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200510/ai_n21860791]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA today launched a Web site providing contact information on employee benefit plan sponsors whose operations have been disrupted by HurricWASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Group captive reaches antitrust deal; Justice Department questioned data-sharing among competing members.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: MICHAEL BRADFORD    WASHINGTON-A settlement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice  by a captive insurance company has antitrust implications that could  trip up other unwary captives.    Professional Consultants Insurance Co. Inc., a Burli  Byline: MICHAEL BRADFORD    WASHINGTON-A...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brazil has highest funded ratio; dips found elsewhere.(Briefs)(Employee Pension Preservation Act)(ING Clarion Partners in group buying Gables REIT)(United Airlines introduces employee benefit plans)(National City Corp.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Global pension plans had mixed results in the first  quarter, with funded ratios declining in the U.S., Canada, Australia and  the euro zone but improving or holding steady in the United Kingdom,  Brazil and Japan, according to a new report f  NEW YORK...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate Headquarters and Finance Departments Assuming More Control Over Global Pension and Employee Benefit Plans, Towers Perrin Survey Finds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multinational companies are responding to the rising costs and heightened financial volatility of pension and employee benefit plans by increasing the head office's control of employee benefit programs and their financing, as well as increasing the involvement of the Finance department.  This is the main finding of a recent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Products & Services; Partnership offers absence management services.(Aon Consulting, Westminister Software Inc., The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Philadelphia Insurance Co.)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200407/ai_n20155555]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-Aon Consulting, a global human resources consulting  division of Aon Corp., and Westminster, Colo.-based Reed Group, a  provider of employee leave administration services and disability  duration guidelines, have teamed up to offer absence manag  CHICAGO-Aon Consulting, a global human resources consulting  division of Aon Corp.,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Changing Nature Of "Private Promises": The Treatment Of Private Pension Plans Upon Divorce]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93842]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘A Qualified Domestic Relations Order QDRO is a domestic relations order issued by a State court and deemed by a pension plan's administrator to be "qualified" under the standards of the Internal Revenue Code. In the event of divorce, only a "qualified" order may legally apportion...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Quality control enhances benefit plan audits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2922/is_200405/ai_n6928849]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To help employee benefit plan administrators connect with first-rate auditors, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AICPA recently formed an audit quality center for CPA firms that audit employee benefit plans.  To help employee benefit plan administrators connect with first-rate auditors, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Labor Department Issues Guidance on Fiduciary Duties in Response to Mutual Fund Abuses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200402/ai_n21829035]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Ann L. Combs, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA, today announced guidance on the duties of employee benefit plan fiduciaries in light of alleged abWASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Ann L. Combs, assistant secretary of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Design and Implement a Global Equity-Related Employee Benefit Plan]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=137184]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Once it is decided to implement a global equity plan, one must follow a carefully designed and thoughtfully executed process to reach the desired objectives and maximize efficiency and cost effectiveness. This article describes such a step-by-step process. It gives a brief insight for the implementation of such a plan...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Converting Unused Vacation Days To Retiree Medical Benefits: A Proposed Partial Solution To An Emerging National Crisis]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93843]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A medical benefit plan is an important component of the overall retirement plan of a retiree. In recent years, however, organizations are finding that the costs of the retiree medical benefit plans are increasing. They have found a route to fund this area of compensation with little or no financial...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is an employee Benefit plan ?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=51229]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[An employee benefit plan protects employees and their families from economic hardship brought about by sickness, disability, death or unemployment. It also provides retirement income to employees and their families. And it provides a system of leave or time off from work.    ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Measurement Uncertainity And Employee Benefit Plans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=54942]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Article discusses that many pension plans have experienced losses due to the significant market downturn over the last three years. This downturn may call into question an entity's discount rate and salary inflation assumptions and assumptions about the expected rate of return on plan assets. Since the assumptions on which...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Minimizing the Risk of Fiduciary Liability in a Declining Investment Market—Enron and other Points of Particular Note]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=62216]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The largest accumulation of capital in the world is invested through employee benefit plans, and little if anything in the known universe--let alone anything on Wall Street--has ever successfully defied the old adage that what goes up must come down. In the wake of the Enron debacle, each day's news...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Factor In Employee Benefit Plans During A Reduction In Force]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93742]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘When estimating the economic returns of a Reduction In Force RIF a company should consider the long-term costs and administration requirements associated with the terminated employees benefit plans. A company's benefits manager and benefits counsel should review all benefit plans that could insure affected employees, including...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Review Tax Changes To Maximize Employee Benefit Plans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93751]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act require companies to make many design and administration changes to their retirement plans. Although, most benefit plans are unique, companies should take certain steps to ensure a smooth transition when converting a plan.' The paper states that changes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Watson Wyatt Submission on Employee Benefit Plans and the Insurance Act: A New Approach]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=167661]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Watson Wyatt believes that the recently-enacted Regulations to Alberta's Insurance Act, 1999 the Act, which require that plan sponsors must either independently insure their benefit plans or offer them through a joint employer-employee association do not meet the government's aim of providing employees, particularly those in receipt of Long-Term Disability...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DOL Study Shows Improvements Still Needed In Employee Benefit Plan Audits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=54880]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor continues to find deficient employee benefit plan audits, according to a recent study on the quality of employee benefit plan audits by the DOL's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration. The PWBA found many of the plan audits that it reviewed did not comply with generally...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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