February 4, 1991
TO: PENSION MEMBERS NO. 6-91
MEMBERS - ONE PER COMPLEX NO. 3-91
OPERATIONS MEMBERS NO. 3-91
RE: 1991 PENSION WORKSHOPS
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As we previously informed you, the Institute will hold a
series of workshops on pension issues for members in different
regions of the country during the next two months. The program
will cover a variety of topics relating to retirement plans,
including eligibility, contribution limits, discrimination rules,
transfers and rollovers, divorce, bankruptcy, types and timing of
distributions, withholding and reporting on distributions,
fiduciary responsibility under ERISA -- including Section 404(c)
-- and plans for not-for-profit employers -- including the TIAA-
CREF settlement. A final agenda is attached.
The workshops are designed for mutual fund employees
working in or having customer contact in retirement plan and IRA
fields. The moderator and workshop leaders will review and
clarify basic concepts, address common problems of employee
benefit recordkeeping, and discuss recent developments in
employee benefits legislation, regulation and judicial decisions.
The structure of the workshop is to limit the "formal"
presentations of the panelists and to encourage questions from
and interaction with the audience. The workshop leaders will be
R. Gregory Barton of the Vanguard Group of Invesment Companies,
John Kimpel of Fidelity Investments, and Gary Strum of Quest For
Value Advisors.
The dates and locations for the workshops are as follows:
o SAN FRANCISCO March 7, 1991
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
222 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 394-1111
Rate: $145 single/double
Room Cut-off Date: February 13, 1991
o NEW YORK April 4, 1991
Le Parker Meridien New York
118 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 245-5000
Rate: $180 single/$205 double
Room Cut-off Date: March 17, 1991
o BOSTON April 25, 1991
The Colonnade Boston
120 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 424-7000
Rate: $135 single/double
Room Cut-off Date: April 10, 1991
Registration for these workshops is restricted to employees
of ICI members. Please register promptly as space may be
limited. To register, simply complete the form provided and
return it, along with a check for $175 for the first registrant
and $100 for each additional registrant within the same member
complex, to the Institute.
Please make your own hotel reservations. A block of rooms
has been reserved at each hotel under the name of the Investment
Company Institute, so be sure to mention the Institute when you
call.
For additional registration information, please call
Geoffrey Burke at (202) 955-3508. I look forward to seeing you
at the workshop.
W. Richard Mason
Assistant General Counsel
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