Category Archives: 401(k) Plans

After Hurricane Sandy decimated our house with five feet of water downstairs, we needed to replace our hot water heater and furnace. Our plumber got us a new hot water heater, but couldn’t find a new furnace. A neighbor had … Continue reading →

I am a very opinionated guy, I’m sure you have noticed. I’ve never been one to go with the flow, heck I’m a New York Mets fan and I have never watched an episode of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, … Continue reading →

Last weekend was the final game for my daughter’s second grade soccer team in Oceanside, New York, which is nice because so much of the community is involved.  It’s been a trying season since so many of us including our … Continue reading →

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

The fact is that sometimes, bad things happen to good people.  That can be said about retirement plans and the good plan sponsors and providers who do their job. No matter how great a job they do, the threat of … Continue reading →

When I was a junior at Stony Brook, I took a course on Government Regulation of Business. We had a textbook in class, I never knew why because all of the exams were based on the lecture notes. I took … Continue reading →

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

You must know about the shoemakers’ children and how they go barefoot and have no shoes. In the retirement plan industry, we have retirement plan providers and their employees’ retirement plan. I know, I have been there. The third party … Continue reading →

This is one of the very few times, I am asking for two cents on a specific situation instead of offering my two cents. As I have discussed before, I believe that ERISA §3(16) administrator/fiduciary services can be one of … Continue reading →