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Still push automatic enrollment

When I was at college, I was very involved politically. Someone I met my freshman year at Stony Broo...

Here comes the Outflows

With the CARES Act now law and most employers opting in for the COVID-19 distribution for their 401(...

Don’t be friendly with employees

There are essentially two types of people at any company: management and the employees. I always say...

The new normal will be here for a while or will it?

  The problem with the Coronavirus pandemic is that for every 4 medical experts, there seem to ...

The free distribution package problem

A lot of the bundled third-party administration (TPA) firms are offering free distribution packages ...

Dear Chicken Little, We Will Survive in This Business

I remember when the chicken littles of the 401(k) business insisted that when fee disclosure regulat...

Providers and plan sponsors can get sued even if they are doing their jobs well

The fact is that sometimes, bad things happen to good people. That can be said about retirement plan...

Another strike will be companies eliminating contributions

Having experienced two meltdowns in the market in the past 22 years, I feel that this Coronavirus pa...

The Coronavirus Distribution Isn’t good for participants and the business

As the turd in the punch bowl as I affectionately call myself, I am a little too frank on what is go...

Have the conversation about contributions

With so many layoffs and furloughs thanks to the Coronavirus Pandemic, plan sponsors don’t have th...