ERISA Assets: QPAM and INHAM Audit Legal Requirements and Best Practices
Navigating DOL Rules for Pension Asset Management Compliance
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will prepare counsel to advise asset manager clients regarding Qualified Professional Asset Manager (QPAM) and in-house asset manager (INHAM) audits as required by the Department of Labor. The panel will review the new exemption rules, who can conduct an audit, what the process entails, and how to showcase good practices with existing and prospective plan sponsors.
Outline
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QPAM and INHAM rules
- Definition
- Exemption allowances before 2010
- Exemption allowances after 2010
- Consequences of not getting a QPAM or INHAM audit or getting one and failing
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Nature of the QPAM and INHAM audit
- Qualifications for who can perform the audit
- Components of the audit
- Documents, timetable and process of the audit
- Involvement of outside and internal counsel
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How the audit is used
- What the U.S. Department of Labor looks for
- Correcting deficiencies
- Using the audit as a marketing tool
- Lessons learned from the audit as a way to mitigate litigation risk
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- Who is a QPAM or INHAM?
- What determines when a QPAM or INHAM audit is required?
- What is the audit process like in terms of length of time it takes to complete, the documents needed, and the role of outside counsel and the QPAM or INHAM auditor?
- How can the QPAM or INHAM audit be used to mitigate suits about procedural prudence and fiduciary breach?
Following the speaker presentations, you'll have an opportunity to get answers to your specific questions during the interactive Q&A.
Faculty
Dr. Susan Mangiero
Fiduciary Leadership
Dr. Mangiero has provided testimony before the ERISA Advisory Council, the OECD and the International Organization... | Read More
Dr. Mangiero has provided testimony before the ERISA Advisory Council, the OECD and the International Organization of Pension Supervisors, as well as offered expert testimony and behind the scenes forensic analysis, calculation of damages and rebuttal report commentary for various investment governance, investment performance, fiduciary breach, prudence, risk and valuation matters.
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Partner
Seyfarth Shaw
He advises clients on matters relating to employee benefits, executive compensation, fiduciary responsibility and... | Read More
He advises clients on matters relating to employee benefits, executive compensation, fiduciary responsibility and benefit related litigation.
CloseVirginia Bartlett
Principal
Bartlett O'Neill Consulting
She has over 30 years of experience in working with all types of employee benefit programs. She has extensive... | Read More
She has over 30 years of experience in working with all types of employee benefit programs. She has extensive experience in the design and implementation of employee benefit programs, consulting on mergers and acquisitions issues that relate to employee benefit plan issues, and conducting IRS and ERISA compliance reviews.
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