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ASC's Bob Long is Recognized with the Prestigous ASPPA Educator's Award
Bob Long, CLU, ChFC, APM will receive the ASPPA Educator’s Award on October 17th at the ASPPA Annual Conference. Bob, a member of the ASC team for over 10 years, was selected in honor and recognition of his tremendous contributions to ASPPA’s educational programs and for his leadership in moving these programs forward.
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ASC's 5500 System Approved for 2010
ASC's 5500 system has been certified as an Approved Vendor by the Department of Labor for 2010. ASC is the first vendor to receive certification in the retirement plan arena. The ASC 5500 system is fully web-based, providing a secure signing Portal and a DOL status tracking report to insure all deadlines are met. ASC's 5500 system is also integrated with the DGEM Document System.
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IRS Approves EGTRRA Documents for ASCi’s Plan Document Management System
ASCi announces the IRS approval of their EGTRRA Volume Submitter and Prototype 401(k) documents for their ASCi Document Generation & Management (DGEM) System.
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DGEM Offers Specialty Documents: Cash Balance, 403(b) & ESOP
ASCi has announced that its Document Generation & Management (DGEM) System now offers specialty documents. This includes a cash balance plan document, a 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity document, and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) document, both with and without a 401(k) feature.
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ASC’s 25th Anniversary User Meeting - Opening Remarks by ASC President Alan Gould
This is also the beginning of our 25th anniversary celebration. We are underscoring this milestone with a series of events that will conclude at the annual ASPPA conference in October; where we will also recognize ASC's Vice President, Sarah Simoneaux's term as ASPPA President.
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ASCi's DGEM Launch Successful Beyond Expectations
ASCi's Document Generation & Management (DGEM) system, launched just several months ago, has been an overwhelming success. "Beyond our expectations," says Alan Gould, President of ASC.
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ASC Vice President, Sarah Simoneaux, elected President of ASPPA 2005/2006
Sarah Simoneaux, CPC, Vice President of ASC, became the president of ASPPA at the close of this year’s ASPPA Annual Conference.
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ASC Acquires SMART Pension Systems
ASC, a leading software and education provider in the retirement plan industry, has acquired SMART Pension Systems - the software division of Intac Actuarial Services.
“Computer technology is becoming increasingly complex with many functions converting to web-based applications.
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ASC Announces the formation of the ASC Institute
ASC and the principals of GBA, Charles Lockwood and John Griffin, are joining forces to bring you the ASC Institute (ASCi) – the premier source for retirement plan documents, education and ERISA compliance consulting.
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ASC Releases Gemini Participant Web Access
Today ASC launches a web-based retirement account management system for all defined contribution retirement plan types – whether they are valued daily or balance forward.
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The Newport Group Chooses ASC for Compliance Testing
Actuarial Systems Corporation (ASC) announced today that The Newport Group has selected its Compliance Testing Package as their software to meet the testing needs of the retirement plans they administer.
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Pan-American Life 401(k) now Integrates with ASC Valuation System
In a joint endeavor, Pan-American Life and Actuarial Systems Corporation (ASC) have built an interface between Pan-American Life's 401(k) record keeping systems and ASC's defined contribution plan administration software system. This interface streamlines the transfer of participant information between Pan-American Life and the ASC defined contribution plan administration, compliance testing and reporting system.
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ASC Announces Single-Step Processing - An Automation Tool Designed to Increase Pension Professional's Productivity
ASC recently released a new automation tool that significantly reduces the time and effort required for Compliance Testing and other administrative processes. With Single-Step Processing, Pension Administrators can now run a series of compliance tests or other administrative functions on one plan or multiple plans without user interaction.
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ASC Announces System Release with EGTRRA Law Changes 
Actuarial Systems Corporation (ASC) announces its Fall 2001 System Release featuring the recent EGTRRA law changes.
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