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Pension Plan Investments 2013: Current Perspectives

Released on: Apr. 16, 2013
Running Time: 07:21:01

Running Time Segment Title Faculty Format
[01:05:42] A Look-back: Department of Labor, Prohibited Transaction Issues and Perspectives Ivan Strasfeld ~
Melanie Franco Nussdorf ~ Steptoe & Johnson LLP
James S. Frazier ~ Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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[01:27:41] Current Fiduciary Issues Alan S. Wilmit ~ Managing Director & Associate General Counsel -- Legal Director, ERISA and Benefits, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Alicia C. McCarthy ~ Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Laura E. Bader ~ Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Peter Haller ~ Director and Counsel, Head, Regulatory Advisory Group, Bank Regulatory Executive Compensation and ERISA, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
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[01:02:40] DC Plan Developments Patricia Anne Kuhn ~ Managing Director, Legal & Compliance, BlackRock, Inc.
Nicholas J. Waddles ~ Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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[00:59:51] ERISA Litigation Review Karen L. Handorf ~ Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Timothy D. Hauser ~ Associate Solicitor, Division of Plan Benefits Security, U.S. Department of Labor
Shannon Barrett ~ O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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[00:59:55] Update on Regulatory Reform Mary E. Alcock ~ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
John W. Valentine ~ Principal, Valentine Law LLC
Suzzanne Yao ~ Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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[00:59:53] Ethical Considerations Liza M. LeAndre ~ Chief Benefits Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Howard Shapiro ~ Proskauer Rose LLP
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Experienced practitioners in the area of pension investment law, together with senior representatives of the Department of Labor, will give their perspectives and illuminate issues on current topics and recent developments. Continued statutory, regulatory, and market changes ensure a full agenda of new developments to be debated and analyzed by the panelists. The Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation brought a new regulatory structure for pension investment activities in the derivatives markets that raises substantial uncertainties for a broad group of investment products and compliance issues for plan fiduciaries. Keeping abreast of these developments and staying current on new ERISA case law, enforcement actions, and ordinary course investment practices is critical.

Lecture Topics  [Total time 07:21:01]

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.

  • A Look-back: Department of Labor, Prohibited Transaction Issues and Perspectives [01:05:42]
    Melanie Franco Nussdorf, Ivan Strasfeld, James S. Frazier
  • Current Fiduciary Issues [01:27:41]
    Laura E. Bader, Peter Haller, Alicia C. McCarthy, Alan S. Wilmit
  • DC Plan Developments [01:02:40]
    Patricia Anne Kuhn, Nicholas J. Waddles
  • Luncheon Presentation [00:45:19]
    Timothy D. Hauser
  • ERISA Litigation Review [00:59:51]
    Karen L. Handorf, Timothy D. Hauser, Shannon Barrett
  • Update on Regulatory Reform [00:59:55]
    Mary E. Alcock, John W. Valentine, Suzzanne Yao
  • Ethical Considerations [00:59:53]
    Liza M. LeAndre, Howard Shapiro

The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:

  • U.S. Department of Labor's Proposed New Criteria for Qualification As a "Rating Agency" in Connection with the Underwriter Exemptions
    Bronislaw E. Grala, James S. Frazier
  • Last Year at the Labor Department
    Melanie Franco Nussdorf
  • Outline Concerning Selected Fiduciary Issues
    Arthur H. Kohn
  • Considerations in De-Risking Pensions
    Alicia C. McCarthy
  • Recent Developments in Defined Contribution Plan Investment Alternatives--Lifetime Income Options and Stable Value
    Patricia Anne Kuhn
  • Fiduciary Litigation Under ERISA
    Robert N. Eccles, Shannon Barrett
  • Dodd-Frank Changes Fiduciary Oversight and Duties
    John W. Valentine
  • Professional Responsibility and the ERISA Lawyer
    Glenn E. Butash
  • Fee Disclosure Rules--Service Provider to Fiduciary and Fiduciary to Participants (PowerPoint Slides)
    Nicholas J. Waddles
  • Ethical Issues for ERISA Lawyers (PowerPoint Slides)
    Howard Shapiro
  • Index to Pension Plan Investments 2013

Presentation Material

  • Current Fiduciary Issues
    Peter Haller
  • DC Plan Developments
    Patricia Anne Kuhn, Nicholas J. Waddles
  • Update on Regulatory Reform
    John W. Valentine
  • Ethical Considerations
    Liza M. LeAndre, Howard Shapiro
Co-Chair(s)
Arthur H. Kohn ~ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Howard Pianko ~ Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Speaker(s)
Mary E. Alcock ~ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Laura E. Bader ~ Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Shannon Barrett ~ O'Melveny & Myers LLP
James S. Frazier ~ Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Peter Haller ~ Director and Counsel, Head, Regulatory Advisory Group, Bank Regulatory Executive Compensation and ERISA, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Karen L. Handorf ~ Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Timothy D. Hauser ~ Associate Solicitor, Division of Plan Benefits Security, U.S. Department of Labor
Patricia Anne Kuhn ~ Managing Director, Legal & Compliance, BlackRock, Inc.
Liza M. LeAndre ~ Chief Benefits Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Alicia C. McCarthy ~ Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Melanie Franco Nussdorf ~ Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Howard Shapiro ~ Proskauer Rose LLP
John W. Valentine ~ Principal, Valentine Law LLC
Nicholas J. Waddles ~ Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Alan S. Wilmit ~ Managing Director & Associate General Counsel -- Legal Director, ERISA and Benefits, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Suzzanne Yao ~ Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

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