Category Archives: Retirement Plans

If you’re a closely held business or not, changes do happen. Whether it’s leadership or who serves as your plan’s trustee, change will likely happen. The problem sometimes is when the plan document has been updated to reflect who the … Continue reading →

I worked at a third-party administration (TPA) where one of our administrators tried to steal money from a participant’s account and transfer it to his Individual Retirement Account (IRA),. The only reason he got caught because he messed up the … Continue reading →

The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a new rule to allow retirement plan disclosures to be posted online. The new rule allows plan administrators to post any document that the administrator is required to furnish under ERISA on the plan … Continue reading →

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I’m not a big fan of target-date funds and that bias goes back to the implosion of the stock market in 2008-2010, where I thought older workers didn’t realize that their target-date funds had so much equity exposure. I also … Continue reading →

Ken Fisher of Fisher Investments is facing almost $2 billion of withdrawals from his firm as a result of some sexist comments he made at an industry conference. I don’t need to mention these comments, as they are all over … Continue reading →

As an attorney, I hate dressing up. If I could wear a Mitchell and Ness sports jersey to meetings and synagogue services, I would. One thing I hate is buttoning up the dress shirt. There always seems to be one … Continue reading →

There is always that line that you’re hired to be fired. No matter how great you are as a plan provider, you will certainly get fired by a client if you haven’t already. However, if you’re consistently losing clients, it … Continue reading →

It’s 2019 and lets face facts: behavior that might have been tolerated in the 1970s and 1980s aren’t tolerated today. Thankfully, I’ve worked on my own for the last 10 years, so I don’t have to deal with the day … Continue reading →

My latest newsletter for retirement plan providers can be found here.