Thus, where the proposed investment manager/QPAM only has, for example, $100 million of assets under management, and the assets of the pension fund managed by the QPAM have a value in excess of $20 million, a transaction between the pension fund and a party in interest would not meet the requirements for the QPAM exemption and the transaction would therefore be a prohibited transaction for which the trustees would have personal liability as fiduciaries.
The average salary of a marine biologist can range from $33,000 all the way up to $140,000, or about $2,750 to $11,667 a month, according to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A marine biologist's salary can vary greatly based on a number of factors.
As of May 2013, all wildlife biologists, including marine biologists, had a mean annual wage of $62,610, according to the bureau. In the same period, the lowest-earning marine biologists made $37,150 year, while the highest-earning made $95,460 a year, on average.his means that prospective marine biologists can expect to earn annual salaries that exceed $34,750, which is the annual mean wage for all occupations. The BLS reports that marine biologists working as managers of companies involved in marine activities had the highest salaries in 2013, averaging $85,950 annually.