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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...

(3)(38) is still here

The uniqueness of the §3(38) proposition is that the §3(38) fiduciary has discretionary...

Social media gets clients

As discussed so many times in the past, I went to that crappy law firm and thought I coul...

When you focus only on fees, you lose sight of everything else

For the past 12 years, fee disclosure has certainly helped you as a plan sponsor to under...

Why do TPA buyers botch the sale? They don’t know the TPA’s true value

A buddy of mine has been out of work for over a year. He’s a plan administrator who wor...