Category Archives: 401(k) Plans

The DOL should get off the Fee Disclosure Pot

To be or not to be, that is the question. To delay or not to delay, I don’t know what the answer is. With April 1 rolling around and no final rules concerning their implementation, many folks (namely retirement plan … Continue reading →

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How Financial Advisors Can Use the 2012 Changes in the Retirement Plan Industry to their Advantage

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Delaying the Inevitable

When I first started as an ERISA attorney in 1998, I was told that all retirement plans had to be restated by December 31, 1999. The Internal Revenue Service then kept on delaying the restatement process until 2003, almost 4 … Continue reading →

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Why Retirement Plan Sponsors are Always on the Hook for Liability

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…But it’s always been done that way.

My experience at law school could probably be summed up by one event. For first year law students, there is an event that everyone participates in and it’s called Moot Court where students argue a fictional appellate case in front … Continue reading →

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How a Plan Sponsor Can Avoid Turning Their Retirement Plan Turn into a H.R. Disaster

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When it comes to MEPs, act on facts, not rumors

I remember being involved in student politics and finding out that with any student leader, there were bound to be rumors about that individual whether the rumor resembled the truth or not. So while I was with a client this … Continue reading →

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401(k) Financial Advisors are getting better, but there is still room to grow

Years ago, moist financial advisors were not aware of their role as a retirement plan advisor when it came to handling their plan sponsor clients. Most advisors were mailing it in, pocketing the quarterly fee without meeting with the client … Continue reading →

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