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The Need for Plan Sponsors to “Tune-Up” their Retirement Plans
My latest JDSupra.com article can be founds here.
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You Don’t Need To Think Nice, Happy Thoughts about the Retirement Plan Business
When I was at law school at American University Washington College of Law, I was the Executive Editor of The American Jurist, which was the student newsmagazine for my final year of law school. I wasn’t a particularly fond fan … Continue reading
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My video in support of JDSupra.com
JDSupra.com was the best thing that happened to my practice, so when they asked me to help with marketing their terrific service, I said “anytime”. My YouTube video can be found here.
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Revving Up The Retirement Plan Tune-Up with Brightscope
My Retirement Plan Tune-Up, the legal review of a retirement plan for $750 now includes Brightscope analytic ratings at no additional cost. Click here for details. Click Brightscope Press Release as well.
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For Financial Advisors, the day of wine and roses are over
In the good old days of participant directed 401(k) plans, a good chunk of financial advisors did very little work for the plans that they advised. Many of them sat back, collected their trail or asset based fee, and maybe … Continue reading
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A Retirement Plan Sponsor’s Guide for Choosing a Financial Advisor
My latest JdSupra.com article can be found here.
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ERISA §3(38) Fiduciaries and the Flavor of the Month
One of the most positive developments in the retirement plan business is the proliferation of independent ERISA §3(38) fiduciaries. While the §3(38) defined investment manager has been in ERISA since the beginning in 1974, there has been a dramatic increase … Continue reading
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Retirement Plan Dentist
About a dozen or so year ago, there was a medical report that dental plaque could cause heart disease. The cynic in me tells me that this was some sort of dental conspiracy to increase revenue as fluoridated water and … Continue reading
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For Retirement Plan providers, empathy goes a long way
When I started my law firm about 17 months ago, I had already had a marketing guru who was handling my public relations side even when I was an associate at a semi prestigious Long Island law firm (sorry, Lois). … Continue reading
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Misplaced Loyalty in Some Retirement Plan Providers
When I first started in the retirement plan business in 1998, I worked for a law firm that served as the counsel for third party administration (TPA) firm in Syosset, NY. There was an office worker there named Orville. I … Continue reading
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