Category Archives: 401(k) Plans

How a Plan Sponsor Can Avoid Being a Deer Caught in the Headlights

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Do you have it?

When it comes to being a retirement plan provider and selling your services, you have to have it. Those who have it, succeed. Those who don’t, don’t. You can’t get it from a bottle, a book, or course. What is … Continue reading

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Retirement Plans aren’t built on an assembly line

Henry T. Ford is considered the father or the pioneer of the modern day assembly line of manufacturing.  His development of the Model T and its way of manufacturing is considered one of the great developments in 20th century capitalism. His … Continue reading

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Advisors have to offer Investment Education

Advisors ask me all the time of the role of education in participant directed 401(k) plans. Participant directed 401(k) plans that are governed under ERISA §404(c) offer the plan sponsors liability protection based on a participant’s gains or losses on … Continue reading

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When It’s Time To Hire An ERISA Attorney

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The Headache of Plan Loans

They often say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I don’t know who said it first (I heard it was originated with St. Bernard, the saint, not the dog), but perhaps they were a 401(k) plan … Continue reading

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This is What a TPA Does and Why a Retirement Plan Sponsor Should Hire a Good One

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Seeing the Retirement Plan Dentist to avoid a Plan Root Canal

About a dozen or so year ago, there was a medical report that dental plaque could cause heart disease.  The cynic in me tells me that this was some sort of dental conspiracy to increase revenue as fluoridated water and … Continue reading

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The needs of the Plan outweigh the needs of the Plan Provider

A family member once said: “there are a lot of yous (sic) and only one me.” That may not be the nicest and most selfless thing to say, but that’s something retirement plan sponsors should think when it comes to … Continue reading

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Advisors Advantage

My latest newsletter geared towards retirement plan providers can be found here.

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