Syed Fahad Saghir ASA

Counsel, Alston & Bird, LLP

Contact Information
Alston & Bird, LLP
The Atlantic Building
950 'F' Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
US
Phone: 202-239-3220
Fax: 202-654-4960
Email: Fahad.Saghir@alston.com
Fahad Saghir is an associate in the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group whose practice is focused on a variety of employee benefits issues facing clients, including plan design, qualification, nondiscrimination, funding and benefit restriction rules under the Code and ERISA. Mr. Saghir also advises clients on correcting plan errors under the IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System. Mr. Saghir brings exceptional experience to his ERISA practice. He is an associate of the Society of Actuaries and, prior to joining Alston & Bird, spent five years working as an actuarial consultant, performing actuarial calculations for qualified retirement plans and advising clients on accounting expense, contribution requirements, costing for plan design changes and assisting clients in selecting employee benefit plans by balancing their human resource goals and budgetary considerations.

SECURE 2.0: Guidance and Design Opportunities for DC Plans 2024 CCA Annual Meeting (October 29, 2024)

SECURE 3.0 (SECURE 1.0 + SECURE 2.0): Actuaries Discuss DC 2024 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (March 13, 2024)

401(a)9 Regulations 2024 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (March 12, 2024)

Early Retirement Windows 2024 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (March 11, 2024)

New Issues in DC Plans 2023 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 05, 2023)

Missing Participants 2023 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 01, 2023)

Multiple Employer Plans 2019 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 09, 2019)

Actuarial Equivalence 2019 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 08, 2019)

Plan Administration Issues with New Mortality Basis 2018 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 10, 2018)

Final and Proposed IRC §417(e) Regulations 2018 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 09, 2018)

Actuarial Equivalence 2017 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 05, 2017)

4010 Refresher for the Recently Afflicted 2017 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 03, 2017)

Welcome to the New World of Section 4010 Reporting 2016 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 13, 2016)

Age Discrimination Issues for Employee Benefit Plans 2016 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 12, 2016)

HATFA 2015 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 15, 2015)

Multiple Employer Plans 2015 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 14, 2015)

Sec. 436 and MAP-21 Notices 2014 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (March 25, 2014)

DOMA/Windsor 2014 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (March 24, 2014)

Annual Funding Notices and Sec. 436 Restriction Notices 2013 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 08, 2013)