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When Your Recordkeeping Platform Becomes Your Risk Platform

For years, recordkeepers sold the idea that technology solved everything. “Our platform is seamless,” they’d say, which is usually code for “It mostly works if nobody touches anything.” But the truth is simple: your recordkeeping system isn’t just...

When a Sponsor Says “Our Employees Just Don’t Care”—How You Help Them Care

Plan providers hear it all the time: “Our employees don’t care about the 401(k).” That’s usually employer-speak for “We haven’t communicated anything in three years and HR is tired.” Employees aren’t apathetic—they’re overwhelmed, confused...

How to Make Your Service Model Actually Participant-Centric (And Get Paid For It)

Everyone in the retirement plan world claims to be “participant-centric.” It’s the ...

Your TPA Isn’t the Plan Administrator—You Are

One of the most persistent myths in the 401(k) universe is the idea that the third-party ...

The QDIA You Pick Today Might Be Wrong Tomorrow

If there’s one consistent truth in the retirement plan world, it’s that nothing stays...

When a Recordkeeper Switch Becomes a Fiduciary Freefall

If you’re a plan sponsor reading this, you can sit back, relax, and think, “I’ll ne...

When the Payroll Provider Becomes the Plan Provider

Bundling sounds so convenient, doesn’t it? One login, one service team, one bill. It’...

The Advisor Who Knew Too Little

Every plan provider has crossed paths with one — the advisor who talks a big fiduciary ...

The Myth of the Free Plan

By Ary Rosenbaum Every few months, I hear a plan sponsor brag, “Our provider said th...

The Match Game: When Free Money Isn’t Enough

We’ve all heard it: “Don’t leave free money on the table.” It’s the classic pit...