REMOVE--DO NOT ENROLL--Retirement Plan Fundamentals for Financial Industry Professionals

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1: Introduction     Overview     Course Navigation     Resources     Summary 2: General Characteristics of Retirement Plans     Objectives     Introduction to Retirement Plans     Establishing a Retirement Plan     Contributions, Distributions, and Tax Advantages 3: The Regulation of Retirement Plans     Objectives     Major Sources of Plan Regulation     Fiduciary Responsibilities     Section 404(c) of ERISA 4: Roles and Responsibilities     Objectives     Introduction to Roles and Responsibilities     Participants and Beneficiaries     Organization and Operation 5: Qualified and Nonqualified Retirement Plans     Objectives     Retirement Plan Categories     Tax-Qualified Plans     Nonqualified Plans 6: Key Requirements of Qualified Retirement Plans     Objectives     Introduction to Key Requirements     Written Plans, Exclusive Benefit, and Eligibility     Vesting Requirements     Contribution and Distribution Requirements     Moving Plan Assets     Nondiscrimination and Top-Heavy Plans Exam 1     Introduction 7: Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans     Objectives     Introduction to Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans     Defined Benefit Plans     Defined Contribution Plans 8: Contributions, Earnings, and Tax Credits     Objectives     Introduction to Contributions and Earnings     Employee Contributions     Contribution and Tax Deduction Limits     Employer Contributions     Plan Earnings     Retirement Saver's Credit 9: 401(k) and 403(b) Plans     Objectives     Introduction to 401(k) and 403(b) Plans     Employee Contributions and Earnings     Automatic Enrollment in Plan     Employer Contributions and Earnings     Tax Deductions Exam 2     Introduction 10: Profit-Sharing Plans and Money Purchase Plans     Objectives     Introduction to Profit-Sharing Plans and Money Purchase Plans     Contributions 11: Retirement Plan Distributions     Objectives     Types of Distributions     Normal Distributions     Premature Distributions     Required Distributions     Minimizing Distributions     Multiple Plans     Roth Distributions 12: Rollovers, Tax Withholding, and Cash-Outs     Objectives     Eligible Rollover Distributions     Tax Withholding     Mandatory Cash-Outs     Automatic Rollovers of Cash-Outs 13: Mutual Funds and Retirement Plans     Objective     Introduction to Mutual Fund Benefits     Participant Benefits     Sponsor Benefits Review Exercises     Introduction to Review Exercises     Marketing Retirement Plans     Responsibilities of a Plan Sponsor     Saving for Retirement Exam 3     Introduction Course Evaluation     Introduction