MEPs, PEPs, 3(16), and

State Sponsored Plans

 The Presentation: 

•  IS THERE A MEP OR PEP IN YOUR FUTURE?
• HOW IS 3(16) FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY CARRIED OUT?
• WHO ARE THE FIDUCIARIES IN EACH OF THESE ARRANGEMENTS?
• WHAT IS THE PRACTICAL IMPACT OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON MEPS?
• WHAT IMPACT WILL THESE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ON LIFE AS WE KNOW IT?

Our speakers will provide an integrated view of Multiple Employer Plans, combining the legal with the practical. They will also discuss the most active legislative proposals, including PEPs; MEPs in the states, such as Secure Choice in California and Green Mountain in Vermont; and touch on 403(b) MEPS.  Finally, they will review the nuts and bolts of the delegation of fiduciary authority under a MEP, and the issues you need to be concerned with, including compensation.

Our Speakers:

• Bob Toth, Law Offices of Robert J. Toth, Jr., has practiced employee benefits law since 1983. His practice focuses on the design, administration and distribution of financial products and services for retirement plans, one which combines elements of ERISA, tax law, insurance law, securities law and investment law for both 401(a) and 403(b) plans. Bob’s experience includes the design of multiple employer plans; implementing 403(b) programs under the new regulations; designing investment products for 401(k) plans; annuitization programs for defined contribution plans; advising on prohibited transactions issues related to retirement plan products and services and their distribution, development of open architecture programs for 403(b) plans and writing and implementing standards for fiduciary and advisory practices. Bob is a Fellow of American College of Employee Benefits Council, an Adjunct Professor at John Marshall School of Law’s Employee Benefits LLM Program; member of the Tax Facts Advisory Board; and is Co-Chair of the ASPPA Tax-Exempt/Government Plans government affairs subcommittee. He graduated from Wayne State University Law School in 1983, and from the University of Michigan.
  

• Kris Krikorian, Pentegra,has served as the Regional Director of Southern and Central California, and Hawaii for Pentegra Retirement Services since 2014.  In this role, Kris leverages his 23 years of industry experience to provide consulting to companies on ways to allocate retirement plan responsibilities via 3(16) administrative fiduciary services and multiple employer plans.  Kris has well-rounded expertise that comes from occupying various roles in sales, consulting, service, and operations.  Kris has assisted a range of plan sizes from start-ups, to large plans such as LinkedIn and Lockheed Martin.  Kris is a graduate of Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA, and holds NASD Series 66 and 6 licenses.  He won the NAPA Top 10 Wingman Award for DC wholesalers, and is a past Director of Business Development of the year winner while at Principal Financial Group. 

    

Continuing Education: 

• 2 CE for AIF Certification (pending)
  
• 2 CE for ASPPA certifications
  
• 2 CEC for NIPA certifications
  
• 2 CPE for CEBS
  
• 1.75 hours MCLE for California attorneys
  
• 2 hours for California CPAs
  
• 2 hours for Certified Financial Planners (pending)
  
• 2 hour for ERPA and Enrolled Agents 
  

Doors open at 7:30 a.m. for check-in, breakfast and networking.  Our program will begin at 8:00 a.m. and this program will end at approximately 9:45 a.m.  The registration fee includes a full breakfast buffet and hosted valet parking.

The reservation deadline for this event is Friday, February 8 .

WP&BC Members can bring a guest for free!  This is a wonderful opportunity to introduce your peers and colleagues to our Chapter.  Remember, your guest should be a first-time visitor and potential member.   Look for the free guest offer when you register online

The statements and materials presented at WP&BC Orange County Chapter events are solely the opinions of the speakers and do not represent the opinions or positions of WP&BC Orange County Chapter. In addition, WP&BC Orange County Chapter assumes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the statements and materials presented by speakers at WP&BC Orange County Chapter events.