Welcome to the website for TRI Pension Services! Follow us on Twitter: PensionPal The 2010 Edition of The ERISA Outline Book is now available! For more information, CLICK HERE. Annual Hawaii Seminar. The dates for the 2010 seminar are set for November 16, 17 and 18, in Honolulu. Click here for details, including the agenda, hotel information, and a registration form. ERISA Views (Quarterly Newsletter on a Featured Topic). The latest issue (Summer 2010 - Issue #58) focuses on the fee disclosure regulations issued by the Department of Labor on July 16, and which become effective one year later (July 16, 2011). The newsletter is divided into 5 sections: (1) how the fee disclosure rules are enforced, (2) who is a "covered service provider" that must provide the required dislocusres, (3) the timing of the disclosures, (4) the required content of the disclosures, and (5) exemptive relief for plan fiduciaries if a service provider fails to comply with the disclosure requirements and the fiduciary satisfies certain requirements. The newsletter includes practical examples to help identify who will be subject to the regulations. To order a subscription to ERISA Views, which will include this latest issue, click here. If you would prefer to receive just the latest issue, please complete Part I of the newsletter order form, print out the order form and then: (1) fax it (303-470-0058), (2) scan it and send it by e-mail (or, in lieu of scanning, include all of the information on the order form in the body of an email) to tripensionservices@gmail.com, or (3) mail your order to:     TRI Pension Services     Attn: Technical Assistance Registration     PMB 120     9457 S. University Blvd.     Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 eRISA Update (Quarterly Current Developments Service): eRISA Update is an electronic current developments service, providing comprehensive summaries of all the important developments in the retirement plan area. The latest issue, Issue #31 (Summer 2010), provides, in addition to a summary of the Pension Relief Act of 2010, summaries of: (1) final Treasury regulations under IRC §401(a)(35), relating to diversification requirements for defined contribution plans that hold publicly-traded employer securities, (2) an alternative signing procedure under DOL's new electronic filing system for Form 5500s (EFAST2), under which a third party service provider is able to sign to return/report on a client's behalf, (3) final DOL regulations clarifying the timing rules for qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs), (4) IRS' extension of the "two year window" for restating prototype and volume submitter defined contribution plans for plans affected by various storms and severe weather in eight different States, (5) two Supreme Court cases - one dealing with the standard of review when a plan administrator must make a new interpretation of a plan document because its initial determination was unreasonable, and another that rejects the requirement that an ERISA litigant must be a "prevailing party" before a court may consider awarding attorney's fees, provided that the attorney's fee claimant has had "some degree of success on the merits," (6) an equitable estoppel case from the Sixth Circuit which allowed a case to proceed that seeks payment of benefits in accordance with a certified benefits statement furnished by the plan that overstated the retiring participant's benefits, (7) a Third Circuit case holding that unsolicited comments by an employee regarding alleged plan violations are not within the scope of ERISA's anti-retaliation statute (ERISA §510), (8) "Box 5" relief provided by the PBGC to certain plans that elected to use the alternative premium funding target election on PBGC's comprehensive premium payment form, (9) modifications to a prohibited transaction class exemption (PTE 2003-39), pertaining to certain releases of claims held by an employee benefit plan against a party-in-interest, and (10) proposed modifications to another prohibited transaction class exemption (PTE 96-23) for in-house asset managers ("INHAMs"). To order eRISA Update, Click here and follow the instructions to print out an order form. If you would prefer to receive just the latest issue, please complete Part I of the newsletter order form, print out the order form and then: (1) fax it (303-470-0058), (2) scan it and send it by e-mail (or, in lieu of scanning, include all of the information on the order form in the body of an email) to tripensionservices@gmail.com, or (3) mail your order to the TRI Pension Services address shown above. ABOUT TRI PENSION SERVICES TRI Pension Services (TRIPS), started in 1994, is committed to providing consulting, professional training, and reference material in ERISA-related subjects. We provide these services to pension professionals (third party administrators, attorneys, accountants, actuaries, and pension consultants), as well as to employers who sponsor pension plans, and the human resource and pension departments of such employers. The founder of the company, Sal Tripodi, has over 30 years of experience in ERISA, and is nationally recognized as a leading expert in the field. To more efficiently deliver a number of services, TRIPS has entered into professional alliances with the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), for certain publication services; Global Benefit Advisors, LLC, (John Griffin and Charles Lockwood), for consulting and seminar; and the Law Offices of Ilene H. Ferenczy, LLC, for seminar services conducted by Ilene Ferenczy. Here's what you will find available through TRIPS Seminars services. We can provide in-house seminars for your firm or organization. In addition, we will work with firms to sponsor specialty seminars that will be open to the public (or to members of a professional organization). For more information click "Seminars" in the menu to the left. Reference books. TRIPS authors The ERISA Outline Book, which is fast becoming the leading pension resource in the country. For more information, click "The ERISA Outline Book" in the menu to the left. Newsletters. We offer two newsletter services. ERISA Views, available electronically or in print format, provides in-depth information about a particular ERISA-related issue. eRISA Update, available only in electronic format, provides summaries and analysis of current developments in ERISA. Both newsletters are published on a quarterly basis. For more information about these two newsletter services, click "Newsletter" in the menu to the left. Technical consulting services. Sal Tripodi provides technical consulting services by email. Pension news. We will provide brief updates on significant current developments in ERISA. For the latest items, click "What's New" in the menu to the left. Please spend time reviewing each of the topics available on this webpage. Why the name "CybERISA" for our webpage? It's the blending of two terms: "cyber" and ERISA. It recognizes the integral role computers play in our lives and the ability of the Internet to deliver information. Our initial entry into the world of the Internet is just the beginning of what we anticipate will be an increasingly-used mode of delivering information to you. Thank you for your interest in TRI Pension Services.   Seminars | The ERISA Book | Newsletter | Consulting | Plan Documents | Whats New E-mail Us Copyright by Cyber FX Communications and TRI Pension Services 1998-2010