BPAS is pleased to announce certain enhancements and changes to our quarterly participant statements beginning with the 3/31/2013 statement cycle. The attached memo summarizes these enhancements for the benefit of clients.  Please stay tuned for additional enhancements in the coming months, including an expanded e-delivery option for participants and much more.

As of today, BPAS is pleased to roll out a batch of enhancements to our participant and plan sponsor websites. This communication provides a short overview. Additional batches of enhancements will be rolled out periodically throughout 2013. Please see this bulletin board for further updates.

The year end capital gain process is underway once again. Since participants often ask questions when they see share prices fluctuate associated with capital gain distributions, please see this memo for full details on the process.

No matter where you are in life, the more you know about handling your finances, the better your chances of reaching your goals — whatever they may be. A new car…your first home…college for the kids…a fulfilling and financially secure retirement. The Financial Resource Center has the information and tools you need. To view this tool, please see the Education Section of the website (found in the Resource Center).

BPAS is pleased to unveil a significant upgrade to the fund research library within our participant, plan sponsor and financial intermediary websites. Please see this announcement for full details.

Effective today, BPAS is pleased to launch a new education library for plans that include employee pre-tax contributions (401(k), 403(b), 1165(e), 457, etc). This new library includes three multimedia presentations delivered through Brainshark ™ . This includes a generic enrollment meeting presentation (Roadways to Retirement), a presentation for ongoing considerations ( “A Pause Along Your Journey”), and our quarterly market update. These presentations can be found in the first section of the Resource Center in the new participant and plan sponsor websites, and also at www.bpas.com/gt.

Please look for additional education content posted to this site in the coming weeks.

BPAS is pleased to announce that we have moved the time for our daily website refresh. Previously, our website refresh took place at approximately 5:00 AM EST; this process will now begin at approximately 1:00 AM EST. In addition, starting on April 27th, we will move our afternoon cutoff time from 3:45 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST (the time of market close). We hope these changes provide additional value to our plan sponsor and participant clients.

The year end capital gain process is underway once again. Since participants often ask questions when they see share prices fluctuate associated with capital gain distributions, please see this memo for full details on the process.

For more details regarding this announcement, please select the following link.

Hand Benefits & Trust Company is pleased to announce, effective May 1, 2010, a change in the management of the SMART Funds® series of collective investment funds. For more details regarding this announcement, please select the following link.