Monthly Archives: April 2012

The Value of a Good Retirement Plan Financial Advisor

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Cut through the fiduciary names and numbers and make sure what you get

Advertising is a great medium and it’s a medium that could often be confusing to the consumer. So when it comes to the retirement plan business, you have providers providing fiduciary services whether that’s 3(16), 3(21), 3(38), co-fiduciary, or the … Continue reading

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Congress takes a look at the 401(k) for money

You always see the scene in the movies, people who are broke currying for cash and trying to hock everything they can to the pawnbroker.  Remember Dan Ackroyd as Louis Winthorpe III with the legendary Bo Diddley as the pawnbroker … Continue reading

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The Value of a Good TPA

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The Effect of ERISA Litigation

10 years ago, if a 401(k) plan participant tried to sue their employer for  excessive plan fees or breach of fiduciary duty, they would have been laughed out of court. While poor stock market returns and work by the Department … Continue reading

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Plan Provisions that I’m Not a Big Fan of

I have written articles about retirement plan provisions that are good ideas and some that are bad. Here are some provisions that dumbfound me: Off calendar year 401(k) plans: While I understand companies can have non-calendar fiscal years, I have … Continue reading

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Biggest casualties of fee disclosure? Non-compliant Plan sponsors

The clock is ticking toward 408(b)(2) regulation implementation for fee disclosure to plan sponsors by July 1 and to plan participants for participant directed plans 60 days later. Fee disclosure will forever change the landscape of the retirement plan industry, … Continue reading

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Why Retirement Plan Sponsors should let Former Employees take their Money and “Roll”

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The hard fall of Matthew Hutcheson

If you have not heard, the self proclaimed leader of the independent ERISA fiduciary movement, Matthew Hutcheson has been indicted and arrested for fraud and theft of retirement plan assets from the multiple employer plans (MEPs) where he served as … Continue reading

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Advisors Advantage

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