Industry Links

The International Foundation for Retirement Education is appreciative of the support of the following organizations who also strive to keep retirement professionals on top of the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to increase the retirement preparedness of the American worker:

Texas Tech University (TTU), Center for Financial Responsibility, recognized as a national leader in financial planning degreed programs and research.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/pfp/

The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators (NAGDCA). Founded in 1980, NAGDCA is a non-profit professional organization made up of the deferred compensation/defined contribution plan administrators from the 50 states and more than 100 local governments and entities, as well as the private industry plan providers. NAGDCA’s members work together to improve non-federal government defined contribution plans through a sharing of information on investments, marketing, administration and laws relating to public sector deferred compensation/defined contribution plans. The association also gathers, disseminates, and exchanges information relating to 457(b) and 403(b) plans and works to impact laws and regulations concerning deferred compensation/defined contribution programs through a united effort.
www.NAGDCA.org

Originally founded as the National Pre-retirement Education Association (NPEA) in 1980, NPEA was recently renamed the National Pension Education Association to reflect the broader goals of the organization and to focus on comprehensive retirement education for members of public/government retirement systems. NPEA is a non-profit group that provides a forum to educate public retirement system professionals and encourage the ongoing exchange of information, ideas, goals and objectives of retirement planning and member communication. As a national organization committed to quality retirement education and communication, they introduce the concept of retirement planning education to public retirement systems to encourage and guide the growth of developing programs and services, and to challenge experienced counselors, managers and communications officers to achieve greater success.
www.NPEA.com

The Association for Insured Retirement Solutions (NAVA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth, acceptance, and understanding of annuity and variable life insurance products—America’s fastest-growing insurance products. Their members form a proven highly effective alliance of leaders from insurance companies, investment management firms, broker/dealers, banks, financial planners, and service providers, including third-party marketers and actuarial firms. NAVA provides educational, standards and informational resources to our members and the public.
www.NAVAnet.org

The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans is the largest educational association serving the employee benefits and compensation industry. A non-profit, non-lobbying organization since its inception over 50 years ago, the Foundation is a trusted resource for objective, accurate and timely information. Today, 35,000 individual members represent 8,500 multiemployer trust funds, corporations, public employee groups and professional advisory firms throughout the United States and Canada.
www.IFEBP.org

Members of these organizations receive a 5% discount
on all IRRC courses and educational products.