Monthly Archives: March 2012

Fiduciary News interview

I did an interview with FiduciaryNews.com, probably the best interview I’ve done with many thanks owed to the writer Chris Carosa. For the interview, please click here.

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More about MEPs

About a year or so ago, there was much hub bub about multiple employer plans (MEPs). Sort of like the game of telephone, the story gets muddled and I am not interested in rehashing it. In short, an official at … Continue reading

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When It’s Time To “Retire” Your Retirement Plan’s Financial Advisor

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here

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The ERISA §3(38) Fiduciary as a “Mark”

As we know with the Danny Ocean trilogy of films is that every confidence game needs a mark. The mark is chosen to be a victim either through the con artist’s targeting of the mark or because of the mark’s … Continue reading

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Don Fanucci and 401(k) Plans

For some reason, when it comes to some charges within 401(k) plans, I always remember Don Fanucci from The Godfather Part II, who was killed by Vito Corleone because Vito no longer wanted Fanucci to wet his beak from Corleone’s … Continue reading

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The Beauty of ERISA

As retirement plan sponsors, you have a fiduciary responsibility to act prudentlty. If you sponsor a pension plan, hiking your financial advisor’s fees while your returns suffered would certainly raise a few eyebrows with your participants and the Department of … Continue reading

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