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Dear Plan Providers: Here’s the Kind of Content Plan Sponsors Actually Want

If you’re a plan provider—advisor, TPA, recordkeeper, or pooled plan provider—you’ve probab...

Still Stuck in 1986

I once volunteered for an organization where I flat-out said the leadership—excluding myself—wa...

Fee Savings from CITs in 403(b)s Could Cover 6 Months of Retirement—If Fiduciaries Pay Attention

Vanguard’s latest report makes a blunt point: allowing collective investment trusts (CITs) in 403...

Cybersecurity is an important concern as a plan provider

Without fail, every single day—like clockwork—I get a handful of emails trying to pry their way...

Speak Up, or Prepare to Be Stepped On (and Possibly Assigned to Kiddush Duty… Again)

There’s a hard truth in life, and I learned it the long, slow, and silent way: if you don’t spe...

The letter from the lawyer

Absolutely. Here’s your piece in the voice of Ary Rosenbaum—refined for tone, rhythm, and clari...

Are We Robbing Peter to Pay Paul?

The 401(k) match has long been one of the most powerful tools for building retirement savings. Itâ€...

Talent and hope

I was never going to be the guy—the one people rallied around, the golden child, the anointed one...

The Best Person for the Job Doesn’t Always Get It

If you’ve worked in the retirement plan industry long enough, you’ve had that moment — that g...

The Ones Who Were There (and the Ones Who Weren’t)

In this business—the retirement plan business, the ERISA world—you don’t build anything alone...