SURVEY SAYS: How Can You Stop Participants Taking 401(k) Loans to Pay Bills?
December 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A reader recently asked if I (or any of our other readers) have any “effective” ways to communicate with manufacturing...
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SURVEY SAYS: What's Your Favorite Smartphone "App?"
December 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seems like every other day we’re reporting on another smartphone “app” - "even" in the benefits space.
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IMHO: Liability Driven?
December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We recently had a couple of new members join our 401(k) investment committee.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Aggregating Accounts for RMDs
November 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – If an individual is a participant in more than one 403(b) plan or the individual is invested in multiple 403(b) contracts, can...
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The Impact of the PPACA's Grandfathered Rule Amendment
November 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On November 17th, the three agencies responsible for the new insurance market reforms under PPACA issued an amendment to the grandfathered plan rule...
SURVEY SAYS: What Are You Thankful For?
November 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Yesterday I shared a list of things I was thankful for.
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IMHO: Thanks Giving
November 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thanksgiving has been called a “uniquely American” holiday, and one on which, IMHO, it is fitting to reflect on all...
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Agency FAQs on PPACA Implementation – Part III
November 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the last two months, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the "Agencies") have issued a...
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What is a “Church” Plan?
November 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - A church plan is a plan that is established and maintained by either a) church or b) church - related organization. There are...
SURVEY SAYS: What's Your Feeling About Full-Body Scanning?
November 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just a week before what is widely considered to be the biggest travel day of the year, the issue of full...
SURVEY SAYS: How Far Will You Go on Thanksgiving?
November 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week from today is, of course, Thanksgiving Day.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Fee Disclosure and Annuity Contracts
November 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – Will the new fee disclosure rules for disclosures from service providers to plan fiduciaries and for disclosures to plan participants that are...
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IMHO: “Sure” Things
November 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a very real sense, this has been a “rebuilding” year for many plan sponsors and participants.
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Agency FAQs on PPACA Implementation – Part II
November 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the last two months, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the "Agencies") have issued a...
SURVEY SAYS: Have You Seen a Gold "Rush?"
November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Growing concerns about the world’s economies, not to mention America’s own budget deficit, have fueled a growing interest in gold as an investment......
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IMHO: “After” Thoughts
November 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The morning after last week’s mid-term elections, a plan sponsor friend of mine called me up and asked me what...
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Agency FAQs on PPACA Implementation
November 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the last two months, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the "Agencies") have issued a...
SURVEY SAYS: What Message Should the Elected Take From the Election?
November 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week I asked readers what, if any, message they hoped the newly elected would take from this election.
SURVEY SAYS: Did You Vote?
November 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tuesday, of course, was Election Day.
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IMHO: Costs of Living Adjustment
November 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple of weeks back, the Social Security Administration announced that, for the second year in a row – but...