Category Archives: Retirement Plans

A friend of mine and I were talking about a financial advisor that we knew that had a tremendous and respectable book of 401(k) business and how he actually uses a payroll provider for the third party administrator (TPA) for … Continue reading →

My latest article on JDSupra can be found here.

A good article appeared in AOL’s Wallet Pop website regarding four signs that your 401(k) plan is being managed. With a quote by Mike Alfred at Brightscope.com, the articles listed the plan charges high annual fees; the plan has major … Continue reading →

My interview on Advisorone.com about developments in retirement plan law, especially Target Date Funds can be found here.

This past week, I received my 2010 end of year statement for my Vanguard rollover IRA and there was a nice surprise, they automatically switched my index mutual fund shares from their retail class to their institutional class, which has … Continue reading →

My latest article in what I call the “Value Series” can be found here.

As I start revising client service agreements for my third party administration firm and registered investment advisory clients for a flat fee (cheap plug) to comply with the fee disclosure regulations, it really asks the questions with how to proceed. … Continue reading →

When it comes to consumer products and food products, we have stringent labeling requirements. Products must have the contents to support that they are Made in the USA, organic, and juice in order to put that claim on their products … Continue reading →

Over the years, I have come up with a lot of get rich quick schemes. Problem is most of them stink. I think the fee disclosures coming to retirement plans in July will open up a lot of new positions … Continue reading →

My latest article on JDSupra can be found here.