Category Archives: Retirement Plans

Broker-dealers are certainly in a bind to comply with the new Fiduciary Rule and one aspect is sending disclosures to IRAs and qualified plans. This may be a good time for all type of plan providers such as brokers, registered … Continue reading →

I’ve heard so many negative things about the impact that the fiduciary rule will have on the retirement plan business, you’d think Irwin Allen made a disaster movie of it. You’d think it was the 11th plague to free the … Continue reading →

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While everyone is trying to get used to the term President-Elect Donald J. Trump, anyone remotely connected to the retirement plan business has a thought: what’s going to happen with the new Fiduciary Rule? If you think you know what … Continue reading →

Before we start this out of the gate: this isn’t about the actual positions of the candidates or what the candidates did or not do, this is about what the election campaign can tell us that actually help with our … Continue reading →

Thanks to the new Fiduciary Rule, I believe that you’re going to see more index funds in 401(k) plans. However, that’s no surprise because that‘s the way we’ve been heading now for the past 15+ years. When I first started … Continue reading →

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My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

The Department of Labor (DOL) issues the first of a few Q&As to help with financial advisors to cope with meeting the requirements of the new fiduciary rule coming down the pike in April. For those hoping for some sort … Continue reading →

When I first started in the 401(k) plan business in 1998, it was a boom time for the stock market and mutual funds. That got plan sponsors wanting daily valued participant directed 401(k) plans and that helped put almost an … Continue reading →