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Deals like the one announced on Friday by The 401(k) Company, Nationwide, and Schwab are the kind of thing that gives plan sponsors heartburn.

A few years back—when my kids still believed in the reality of Santa Claus—we discovered an ingenious Web site that purported to offer a real-time assessment of their...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As one can tell from the near-daily series of surveys we have reported on, 'tis the season for office holiday parties.

I was trolling around on the Internet last weekend, when I saw a story titled "The Downsides to Your 401(k)."

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We got yet another call for 401(k) fee transparency last week.

Like many of you perhaps, I suddenly realized this past week that this week is Thanksgiving.

If you have turned on a TV, walked by a radio, or driven down a residential street in the past month, you will, of course, be aware that...

On September 11, 2006, while the nation was focused on the fifth anniversary of the 09/11 terrorist attacks, a St. Louis law firm launched its own "attack" on...

September 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five years ago today, I was in the middle of a cross-country flight, literally running from one terminal to another in Dallas, when...

August 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The big news this week (other than the heat) is the status of pension legislation in the nation's Capitol.

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week's Congressional machinations brought to mind Otto van Bismarck's comment that "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them...

By any measure, the recent convictions of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling were a win for justice.

Last week, PBS' Frontline ran a program titled "Can You Afford To Retire?" For those of us in this business, the title was almost painfully rhetorical. After all,...

April 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (and yes, that's "our", not "yours"). This week I asked folks what they...

April 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple of Saturdays ago, I was working on a column, when I got a call from my sister. My father, who had...

March 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Years ago, I got burned out on conferences. Too often, the seats were packed with sellers rather than buyers - and, too often,...

March 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I may come to regret it - but we have decided to pass on the sixth season of the HBO "family" crime drama,...

March 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benjamin Franklin once observed that in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes - and, certainly at this time of year,...

February 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week, Congress may well turn its attention to pension reform (or it may not; there are other issues looming, not the least...

November 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Friday, the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, issued a report reflecting its analysis of cash balance plans and their impact on worker...