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When I started my practice 3 years ago, I had a public relations director on retainer. He was a nice guy, but he was more interested in promoting himself than in promoting me (at least I thought so). He had … Continue reading →

The Major League Baseball All Star Game was something I always looked forward, especially when my Mets were doing well in the mid-1980’s.  Since 1933,it has been the Mid-Summer Classic. This year it’s at my home ballpark Citi Field and … Continue reading →

Principal Life Insurance Company wanted an advisory opinion regarding revenue sharing, probably because of concerns with how these payments are used to offset plan expenses as well as changes dealing with plan expenses and Form 5500. In Advisory Opinion 2013-03A, … Continue reading →

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

The purpose of an audit for a retirement plan that requires one (generally, those with 100 or more participants) is to ensure that the assets are where the plan sponsors and providers say there are, as well as to ensure … Continue reading →

The snowball fect is term for a process that starts from something that is small and builds upon itself, becoming larger and also perhaps potentially dangerous or disastrous. The idea is that an avalanche can be started by a single, … Continue reading →

Many of my great friends in this industry are due to making connections through LinkedIn. The groups section have always been a great meeting place for likeminded professionals in the retirement plan industry. Those likeminded individuals such as myself were … Continue reading →

My latest newsletter geared towards financial advisors can be found here.

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

Unless you have been living in a cave for the past week, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. DOMA restricted recognition and benefits for same sex marriages, which the definition of marriage having been … Continue reading →