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WP&BC San Francisco Chapter Meeting: The Impact of a Non-Retirement Ready Workforce

  • April 26, 2017
  • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • SPUR 654 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

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WP&BC San Francisco Chapter Meeting
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 
The Impact of a Non-Retirement Ready Workforce
Sponsored by:
   

                
WHEN:
WHERE:
   
Thursday, April 26, 2017 
SPUR
654 Mission Street 
San Francisco, CA 94105 
TIME:    
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.: Registration and Networking
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.: Program
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.: Social Hour 

 

PROGRAM OUTLINE: 
We are bombarded with messages on how to make design or investment menu changes to enable employees to be retirement ready, but why should plan sponsors care?

In fact, there are true economic reasons for CFOs to care as well as HR professionals.

The Chapter Meeting will feature a panel discussion on:

  • Why workers are not retirement ready, even if they have been contributing to their 401(k) plan.
  • A business case study for why a CFO should care that their workers can retire.
  • Ways the industry is working to prevent a dystopian future.                           
OUR PANELISTS 
Tom Foster, Jr., National Spokesperson, Mass Mutual
Dagmar Nikles, Managing Director, BlackRock
Aram Boornazian, Director, Great-West Financial -Empower Retirement

BIOGRAPHIES

Aram Boornazian is responsible for distribution of Great-West Investments’ products designed for improving participant outcomes, including advisory services. In this role, Aram frequently represents the firm’s capabilities at point-of-sale presentations, industry events and with key intermediary teams.

Previously, Aram held a number of sales and service responsibilities including retirement plan sales and sales management, participant education, and financial adviser support. In these roles, he helped thousands of American workers achieve greater retirement security knowledge through seminars and hands-on workshops. He has been in the investment industry since joining the organization in 1996.

Aram currently maintains FINRA Series 6, 26 and 63 securities registrations to coincide with sponsoring broker dealer’s qualifications. Aram holds FINRA Series 7 credentials

E. Thomas Foster Jr., (Tom) is National Spokesperson for MassMutual’s Workplace Solutions Division. Foster works directly with MassMutual financial advisor and plan sponsor clients to educate them on 401(k) plans and other qualified plan products and enhances MassMutual’s public image in the retirement plans arena.

Tom is particularly adept at translating complex regulatory and product developments into understandable terms for his audiences. He also works closely with financial advisors to help them build their retirement plan business.

Foster has more than 30 years of experience working with retirement plans, covering product development, training, marketing and relationship management. He is an acknowledged industry expert in retirement plan legislation, regulation and compliance testing.

Prior to joining MassMutual in 2013, Tom was National Spokesperson for The Hartford Retirement Plans Group. Before that, he supported John Hancock’s institutional sales and marketing efforts and was also with Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company. Additionally, he founded Foster Financial, a consulting firm specializing in employee benefit plans.

Tom travels extensively throughout the United States, lecturing to major trade organizations, national and regional broker dealers, banks and financial organizations, advisers, CPA’s, attorneys, and plan sponsors.

He has been published and/or quoted in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, On Wall Street, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, National Underwriter, American Banker, Investors Business Daily, Registered Representative, Forbes, Smart Money.com, Kiplinger, Personal Finance, Dow Jones, Associated Press, London Stock Exchange and more than one hundred others. He has appeared on media venues such as Bloomberg television, TheStreet.com, MainStreet.com, Sirius radio and a variety of local television and radio stations. He has also co-authored a book entitled To Sell or Not to Sell…Employer Retirement Plans. 

Dagmar Nikles, CFA, CAIA, FRM, Managing Director, is a member of the US & Canada Defined Contribution Group within BlackRock's Global Retail and iShares businesses. She is responsible for leading the PlanStrategy team, focusing on helping plan sponsors and advisors improve participant retirement readiness via participant and plan level analytics, innovative DC plan tools and thought leadership.

Prior to her current role, Dagmar was a senior investment strategist in the Defined Contribution business after serving several years as a portfolio manager with the Allocations and Solutions Group managing DC funds, including LifePath. Prior to joining BlackRock, Dagmar was a portfolio manager with Zurich Scudder Investments / Zurich Insurance in Switzerland and San Francisco.

Dagmar earned a BBA degree in business administration from the University of Applied Science, Switzerland, in 1996, an MS degree in finance from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1997, and an MS degree in financial planning from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, in 2010. 
                        

               

FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM: Please join us for a social hour immediately following the program to discuss issues raised during the program. Catch up with old friends and make some new ones, too! 
         

FREE PASSES
Chapter Sponsors may use their free member tickets and guest passes for this meeting. Advance registration is required - email names to 
info@wpbcsf.org.

REGISTER EARLY
The cost is $55 for WP&BC Members, $95 for Non-members, if you register in advance. No refunds after April 21, 2017, but substitutions are permitted at any time.

CONTINUING EDUCATION
CEUs for this event are available for Attorneys, CPAs and Actuaries. 

EASY WAYS TO REGISTER
WEBSITE - your credit card number is secure (or you can register and send in a payment by check) when you register online.

NOTE
For your security we do not maintain credit card information in the office. To pay by credit card, you must register via the website. Confirmation receipts are generated immediately. NOTE: credit card charges will appear on your statement as "Governing Board," the WPBC Governing Board of Presidents.

QUESTIONS?
Contact our office at (415) 730-5479 or email 
info@wpbcsf.org.

Please feel free to reach out to WP&BC with any questions.

Direct Questions To:

Frank McDonald, MBA, Chapter Administrator

info@wpbcsf.org

Address:

Western Pension and Benefits Council - San Francisco Chapter
1540 River Park Drive, Suite 211
Sacramento, CA 95815-4608
916-550-2608

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