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The Fiduciary Rule’s Industry Ruin
How’s this for a compliance crock? See what marketing expert and author David Weinberger and ERISA expert Jason…
How After-Tax Contributions Become Tax-Free Retirement Income
For many years, after-tax contributions to retirement plans were like the seventh batter on a professional baseball team.…
How to Make Employees Become 401(k) Participants: Behavioral Scientist
Too often, employees don’t seem to read and act on requests from HR and their retirement team. I…
401(k) Rollovers: Still a $12 Trillion Deal?
Talk of a 401(k) rollover storm, tsunami, surge (whatever the metaphor) hits fever pitch and the federal government’s…
Dems’ Hedge Fund Hell for Retirement Savings
Zut Alors! Rhode Island, the smallest state in the Union with a penchant to screw up big, has…
401(k) Advisors: 3 Ways to Differentiate Yourself in the Fiduciary Rule Regime
ATTENTION 401(k) PLAN ADVISORS: With the finalization of the conflict of interest rule, you just lost a major…
5 Best Practices to Increase 401(k) Participation
What motivates people to become aggressive savers? Or, perhaps the better question is what drives people to act…
Ryan and Republicans Get Ridiculous on Rule
“It could have been worse” is the best we can say for the majority of regulation, and so…
Elizabeth Warren’s Frightening 401(k) Fiduciary Fight
John Edwards takes the cake for political hypocrisy in the modern era, a man who charged an estimated $90,000…
Bad Behavior: Why 401(k) Participants Don’t Plan for the Long-Term
“A prudent plan sponsor cares not only about the results but the process. They need to pay closer…