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I was at a conference a couple of weeks ago, when the CEO of a large, national consulting firm stood up and commented on the increased fiduciary burden...

October 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week marks the eighth anniversary of NewsDash, but as I talk to folks around the country, I have discovered that everyone has...

October 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next Tuesday (October 16) is Boss's Day - a day on which we acknowledge the role (if not the personage) of the person(s)...

The testimony presented at last week's hearing by the House Education and Labor Committee on the issue of 401(k) fees was remarkably consistent, IMHO, certainly compared with the...

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Monday is Columbus Day - a day set aside in commemoration of the October 12, 1492, arrival of Christopher Columbus and his expedition...

September 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 'Tis the season for health-care package rollouts, and while there have been signs that the rate of increase is slowing, there doesn't seem...

September 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Managing to keep personal information has always been a key concern in our business - and we've recently seen instances where there have...

This week, I'm going to do something I never thought I would do again.

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next Tuesday will, of course, mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

In a business notorious for change, it nonetheless seems fair to say that the past twelve months have been extraordinary ones indeed.

Here we go - - - again.

August 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yesterday's Tuesday Trivia offered a sense for the average number of times people hit their snooze alarm before rising.

These days, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) is sometimes referred to as the "Pension Destruction Act." That's too harsh an assessment, IMHO, but it certainly has...

Without question, asset-allocation solutions—particularly target-date fund solutions—are well on their way to becoming a dominating force on retirement plan menus.

August 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Believe it or not, it's August - the "middle" of summer, the middle of vacation "season" (let's face it, you're either taking one,...

Last week, no fewer than a dozen industry trade organizations put their collective heads together and tried to help the Department of Labor—which has been working on a...

July 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Here we are, July almost over (sorry for that reminder), smack dab in what is generally regarded as the middle of vacation "season."

July 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week we asked readers what regulatory clarity you were most anxious about.

July 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Our bonus question this week had to do with the Harry Potter "phenomena" - at least by some measures.

I was on a panel at our recent Plan Designs conference, and the topic of qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) came up.