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Why Thank Trump for 401k-Match Mania
Former Trump labor secretary nominee Andy Puzder resurfaced in the pages of The Wall Street Journal on Monday…
January 23, 2018
States React to Fed Fiduciary Filibuster
When the democratic left hypes the rights and responsibilities of individual states, we are Romans crossing the Rubicon.…
January 15, 2018
Why SEC Fiduciary Rule Reg Sounds Right
We’re not crazy enough to argue against the DOL’s fiduciary rule (or at least a rule), but is there a better way, one that more successfully satisfies key stakeholders?
January 10, 2018
Trump Tax Bill Terrific for 401(k)s: Opinion
In the parlance of the kids, it’s about to get real. After all the hemming and hawing, gnashing…
December 19, 2017
Tackling Trump-Created Fiduciary Frustration
Frustration is the price of freedom, despite repeated and often unthinking cries for Congress to “do something.” Anyone…
November 28, 2017
Why Tax-Cut Trickery Over 401(k) Limits Won’t Fly
Bloomberg is out with one of the sillier opinion pieces about the supposed problems plaguing retirement plans, and…
October 27, 2017
Tough Tax Talk Reveals Dems’ Investment Ignorance
Last week brought a chorus of howls over President Trump’s tax reform. Among the sophomoric (and expected) soundbites…
October 3, 2017
Will Silly Sanctimony Sink ESG Fund Sales?
Europeans are just better than us. Apparently, they’re publicly shaming their asset managers into investing more in environmental,…
September 22, 2017
Retirement ‘Crisis’ Another Trump Tall Tale
A resident scholar at American Enterprise Institute attacks President Trump’s misleading retirement claim (what?) of defined contribution dire straits.
August 25, 2017
High Fees Flourish When Good 401k Advisors Do Nothing
Here’s how the great Bill Geist once introduced a segment on “CBS Sunday Morning:” “While police and social…
August 21, 2017