The Retirement Income Industry Association Announces Gold Sponsors for Upcoming Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner

Early Bird Member Discount Extended to August 31, 2008

BOSTON, MA–(EMWNews – August 18, 2008) – The Retirement Income Industry Association’s

(RIIA) Gold Sponsors for this 2008 Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner are

Bank of America and DWS Investments, announces Francois Gadenne, RIIA’s

Chairman and Executive Director.

“I am very pleased to welcome these esteemed and highly recognized

organizations as the Gold Sponsors for our annual meeting this year,” says

Gadenne. “Executives from these companies will also share their views and

outlooks as featured speakers during the event. They join noted author,

David Warsh, and RIIA’s expert Committee Chairs who will bring their

knowledge and insights into the latest trends and solutions to the

attendees.”

The event will be held on September 21 – 22, 2008 at the Hyatt Harborside

in Boston, MA. For complete details go to:

www.riia-usa.org/conferences/default.asp. Members of the media are also

welcome to attend.

According to Gadenne, there are select sponsorship opportunities in the

Associate category still available for the Annual Meeting and Awards

Dinner. Wealth 2k, Inc. is a proud Silver Sponsor. Contact Deborah

Burkholder at 617-342-7390, or email [email protected] for the sponsorship

details.

Annual Meeting attendees also have the unique opportunity to attend the

RIIA Awards Dinner, a high profile event where leaders in communications

and advertising are recognized for their achievements by RIIA’s Media

Sponsors. The Media Sponsors are among the most well-read, respected

financial services publications and there is time to submit entries for two

awards categories: Best Advertising Award and Defined Contribution

Communications Award. Retirement income marketing packages and pieces,

advertising or communications campaigns, innovative web or online

applications may be entered. Entries can be submitted to:

Best Advertising Awards, InvestmentWires, Sean Hanna, 212-331-8995,

[email protected]

Retail Communications Awards, InvestmentNews, Closed to New Entries.

Defined Contribution Communications Awards, PLANSPONSOR, Nick Platt,

203-595-3164, [email protected]

Early Bird Discount Extended to August 31, 2008

Each RIIA member receives one free registration per firm to attend the

Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. However, there is special pricing for

additional associates from RIIA member firms who would like to attend. They

receive a 15% discount off the regular price. This discount has been

extended to August 31, 2008 and registration can be done online at

www.riia-usa.org.

About the Retirement Income Industry Association

RIIA (www.riia-usa.org) is the premier, national,

not-for-profit organization whose members are defining the future of

retirement security in the United States. RIIA provides a non-biased forum

for sharing information, strategies and research which involve the leading

companies in the industry, academia, researchers and professional services

firms. The organization offers unprecedented opportunities for networking

and accessing the best minds in addressing the challenges in creating a

secure retirement for millions of Americans.