Category Archives: 401(k) Plans

401(k) Errors That Suggest It’s Time For a Plan Provider Change

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Schwab To Enter The All-ETF 401(k) Market

With news that Schwab intends to be in the all-ETF 401(k) market only means good news for those who believe that exchange traded funds (ETFs) will get a bigger foothold in the 401(k) market. While I have been skeptical of … Continue reading →

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The Most Important Value As A Retirement Plan Provider

Having been in the retirement plan business for the last 12 years, I have learned something new almost every day and I’ve seen a lot of things that I could never believe I would see when I was an L.LM … Continue reading →

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Advisors Advantage Newsletter

My latest newsletter geared to retirement plan advisors can be found here.

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The Underlying Problem of 401(k) Re-enrollment

There was a recent article in the Wall Street Journal regarding 401(k) plans re-enrolling plan participants. Re-enrolling plan participants usually occurs when there is a change of the plan’s third party administrator (TPA) or a significant change in the plan’s … Continue reading →

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Off The Mark: Target Date Funds, 401(k) Plans, and Truth in Advertising

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Forget 401(k) Fees, More Money Might Be Lost Through Poor Plan Design

Many retirement plan advisors and third party administration (TPA) firms have been harping about 401(k) plan administration fees and in a belief that fees should be transparent, we now have fee disclosure that will come into effect in July. While … Continue reading →

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The End of The Line For Small Potato Retirement Plan Advisors and Brokers?

A few years back, I met a broker from my area and I developed a networking relationship with him in the hope of getting some ERISA related work when I was an associate at a Long island law firm.  I … Continue reading →

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Proof Positive You Should Never Go Negative In The Pursuit Of a 401(k) Client

As many of you are aware, the producing TPA that I worked for was folded into a sister company TPA because of an ongoing Department of Labor investigation into its practices of steering clients to revenue sharing funds without disclosing … Continue reading →

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Law Firm Law Review

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