Category Archives: Retirement Plans

LPs and Money Purchase Plans

When it comes to technology, people cling on to some old technology because of their fondness for it either because it represents their youth or because they don’t want to change with the times. I laugh how many new albums … Continue reading

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Plan Providers and charging direct fees

For my first year of law school, I had a renowned criminal law professor. He had a penchant for ties and an odd love for Melrose Place (I was a Dallas guy myself). For his final law exam, the fact … Continue reading

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Multiple Employer Retirement Plans: The Truth, The Rumors, and Buying in Bulk

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

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Scary Fact About Retirement Plan Providers

With apologies to Tod Higgins (played by Keanu Reeves) in “Parenthood”, you need a license to practice law to be an ERISA attorney, you need to be a CPA to be a retirement plan auditor, you need a securities license … Continue reading

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Be Wary of Some 401(k) Salespeople

An advisor friend of mine advised me of a potential client that was considering making the move to an insurance company based provider. Nothing too strange about that, except for the fact that the 401(k) salesman for the insurance company … Continue reading

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The Stigma for an ERISA Attorney

When I joined a semi-prestigious Long Island law firm (sorry, Lois) after spending over 9 years as an attorney for third party administration (TPA) firms, I thought I could develop a solid book of business in the single employer retirement … Continue reading

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Are Plan Sponsors ready for Fee Disclosure?

For the last year or so that the Department of Labor has been trying to implement the 408(b)(2) fee disclosures, we hear about a lot of retirement plan providers (including yours truly) about the coming storm and how fee disclosure … Continue reading

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How Plan Sponsors should Select and Review their Retirement Plan Providers

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

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Your Will: The Hidden Traps

My comments regarding wills and retirement plans for this Fortune Magazine article can be found here.

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There are no Absolutes in the Retirement Plan Industry

You hear all the debates in the retirement plan industry, active vs. passive; bundled vs. unbundled, ERISA §3(38) vs. co-fiduciary vs. ERISA §3(21) vs. non fiduciary, brokers vs. RIAs, among others. Regardless of the debate, there are enough plans in … Continue reading

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