SURVEY SAYS: How Do You Get to Work When Mother Nature Intervenes?
February 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The past couple of weeks have presented many all over the country with the challenge of how to get to work...
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SURVEY SAYS: Are You Watching the Winter Olympics?
February 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2010 Winter Olympics are underway – so I asked readers - are you watching, and if so, how?
SURVEY SAYS: What’s Your Favorite Date Movie?
February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com - With luck, you know this already – but Sunday is Valentine’s Day.
SURVEY SAYS: What Was Your Favorite Super Bowl Commercial?
February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Super Bowl 44 was a record-setter – it even set a record for the most commercials in a Super Bowl.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Managing Vendors Outside a TPA Arrangement
(PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – A representative to public educators notes that many public school employers eliminated low-cost 403(b)(7) options when choosing their compliance solutions to the new regulations.
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IMHO: Goal Lines
February 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Heading into Super Bowl weekend, a new report focused attention on another “contest”
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Know What to Expect in Your 403(b) Plan Financial Audit
(PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Many sponsors of ERISA-covered, large 403(b) retirement plans will face significant challenges in complying with the new Department of Labor (DoL) requirement to file an...
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SURVEY SAYS – What’s Your Best and Worst Flick Pick?
February 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week we got to see lists that purport to showcase the best (the Oscars) and the worst (the Razzies) in...
SURVEY SAYS: Clapping for the Colts or Shouting for the Saints?
February 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Come Sunday, the nation will turn its attention (if not its TV/radio/browser) to - the Super Bowl.
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When a 403(b) Plan’s Exclusive Relationship with One Vendor Really Isn’t
(PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Now that one year has passed since the IRS’ 403(b) regulations became effective, many of the bumps in the road toward compliance have been smoothed...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – ETFs in a 403(b) Plan
"Are exchange-traded funds (ETFs) permissible investments in a 403(b) plan?"
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IMHO: Facts in Circumstances
One of the things I have always enjoyed most about this job is the access to information.
SURVEY SAYS: What's Your Preferred Retirement Initiative?
January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Obama Administration this week renewed its support for a variety of initiatives designed to improve/enhance retirement programs.
SURVEY SAYS: Will (Did) You Watch the SOTU?
January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Since those retirement initiatives looked to be on the agenda, this week I also asked readers if they were planning to...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Waiver of Participation in a 401(a) Plan
January 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – A county government employee does not want to participate in the county's money purchase plan, in which only employer contributions are made.
SURVEY SAYS: What Are Your Late Night Loyalties?
January 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recently NBC decided to drop “The Jay Leno Show.”
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SURVEY SAYS – What's Next for Health Care Legislation?
January 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It remains to be seen if last night’s election results in Massachusetts will influence the timing, composition, or passage of health care legislation this...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – We Want Our 403(b) Back
January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – A tax-exempt organization terminated its deferral-only 403(b) plan in 2008 and started a new deferral-only 401(k) plan on January 1, 2009.
SURVEY SAYS: Do You Feel Better Today than a Year Ago?
January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week I saw this question posed on Twitter – and I’ve given it a lot of thought since then.
SURVEY SAYS: Will You Be Working on MLK Day?
January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Monday, of course, marks the observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.