Category Archives: Retirement Plans

Aside from my children and my wife, my favorite person of all-time was my grandmother Rose. She was the most selfless person I ever met, who was full of life, and love for family. When my grandmother decided she would … Continue reading →

The crazy idea of starting another 401(k) Advisor Conference plus adding some unique elements made its debut on June 7th at Citi Field. That 401(k) Conference debuted with some great presentations by Kravitz, Millenium Trust Company, Alliance Pension Consultants, Oppenheimer … Continue reading →

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As a plan sponsor, you really need to let your third party administrator (TPA) what you have in terms of retirement plans and interrelated businesses. Correct compliance testing is dependent on the TPA getting all the information you need.  I’ll … Continue reading →

I always believe that regardless of whether it’s business or in regular day-to-day life, that you can’t be everything for everybody. Being honest with that is only half the battle. A lot of times, I met folks who are interested … Continue reading →

One of my pet peeves out there is when you give a list of complaints to a business or an organization and they give the proverbial “shrug of the shoulders”. The “proverbial shrug” is basically the business or the organization … Continue reading →

One of the great joys of my practice is networking with other plan providers. I enjoy meeting people and meeting advisors out there that I can help, most times at zero cost.  The retirement plan business is a relationship-driven business, … Continue reading →

I have been hearing a lot from advisors and plan providers about multiple employer plans (MEPs) with the idea that open MEPs where a plan where the adopting employer have no commonality, but be treated as one plan for ERISA … Continue reading →

There is a running joke from my wife where she tells me that despite 13 years of marriage, she still doesn’t know what I do. At least, I think it’s a joke. One of the problems that I had in … Continue reading →

There have been around 20 class action lawsuits filed against universities for high cost 401(k) and 403(b) plans. The lawsuits are like shooting fish in a barrel because when you think about it, low costs and higher education tend to … Continue reading →