Some plan sponsors believe that holding committee meetings automatically makes them good fiduciaries. I’ve sat through enough meetings to know that’s not true. A calendar invite doesn’t fulfill fiduciary duties. What matters is what actually happens in ...
There’s a growing belief in the retirement industry that technology equals quality. Sleek dashboards, mobile apps, and automation are valuable, but technology alone doesn’t make a great plan provider. If it did, fiduciary breaches would have disappeared y...
One of the hardest parts of being a plan provider isn’t the complexity of ERISA—it’...
I understand why some plan sponsors withhold information from their plan providers. Somet...
I love The Rockford Files. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time. Not because of th...
If you’ve been paying attention to retirement plan news lately, you know that alternati...
If someone had told me 15 years ago that one of the world’s largest alternative asset m...
For years, forfeitures were treated like found money in 401(k) plans. Someone leaves befo...
When a 401(k) lawsuit is filed, the first thing plaintiffs’ counsel asks for isn’t yo...
One of the most dangerous phrases in the 401(k) world isn’t “lawsuit” or “DOL aud...
