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Need to differentiate yourself among the bug boy and girls

A report by Cerulli on the future of the retirement plan business had a startling number. The report...

The Legend of The Flintstones Tie

I was a first-year law student participating in moot court, just because all second-year students pa...

There are no sure things, there are opportunities

Every time I’ve spoken to other plan providers about sure things they are working on, all I later ...

Dealing with Millennials has been a struggle so far

I was born in 1972 and aside from fashion, music, and interior decorating, I’m a fan of the 1970s,...

You have to have a plan

Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg hatched the idea for Facebook, yet all he did was talk about the site ins...

Bad advice can create bad IRS and DOL assumptions

A financial advisor called me and asked me if there was a problem that an insurance policy paid by a...

Great distribution needs a good product

If you have a great product, but lousy distribution, you’re not going to do well. Yet the same thi...

Focus on what the competition isn’t

When I started my law practice, I started to look at what the competition was doing and I decided to...

E-Disclosure is the way to go

There are quite a few people who will say that the Department of Labor (DOL) didn’t go far enough ...

Investment education is all about a process

Advisors ask me all the time of the role of education in participant-directed 401(k) plans. Particip...