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I wish the DOL would act over TPA termination

It’s all friendly between the plan sponsor and the Third-Party Administrator (TPA) unti...

PEP goes to Pot

We have a Pooled Employer Plan (PEP) for so many things, so a Pot PEP seems OK. The No...

Fidelity to clamp down on third party access

Fidelity is clamping down on third-party access to 401(k) plans, which will likely restri...

Filing that late 5500 can be a weapon of mass destruction

Missing that deadline to file a Form 5500 is a huge problem. Sometimes people forget even...

The Problem of Plan design

When you start fixing up the house (for me, a never-ending battle) and replacing applianc...

Which Plan To Set Up?

I call this time of the year Retirement Plan Crazy Season where plan sponsors decided to ...

The problem with too much loyalty to providers

When I first started in the retirement plan business in 1998, I worked for a law firm tha...

Some TPAs are in the administration business, some are not

There are those TPA that sell financial products, there are some that sell insurance, and...

Annuities in 401(k) Plans

As Michael Corleone said in the very underrated “The Godfather Part III”, “Just whe...

You can be critical of the business

When I was at law school at American University Washington College of Law, I was the Exec...