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March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I don't know about your workplace, but my experience suggests that this past Monday morning, copies of the NCAA men's college basketball grid...

Those of you who find Fidelity's updated research results a bit "rosy" compared with other projections may recall comparable results from their readiness index a year ago.

March 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this week, the House Education and Labor Committee held hearings on what appears to be the topic de jour - 401(k) fees.

It's an undisputed fact that the vast majority of retirement plan participants never rebalance their accounts.

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The issues are myriad, of course - and while ERISA does not require that the fees paid be the lowest, it does impose...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week we asked if you had a "bad apple" in your workplace - how they affect others where you work - and...

February 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last Friday, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued some additional guidance regarding participant advice in the form of a Field Assistance Bulletin,...

Last Friday, the Department of Labor issued a Field Assistance Bulletin on the "Statutory Exemption for Investment Advice."

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Come Sunday, the nation will turn its attention (if not its TV/radio) to - the Super Bowl.

Earlier this month, we passed the "anniversary" of the commencement of bombing strikes in Operation Desert Storm (1991).

Tuesday night in his State of the Union address President Bush unveiled a new health-care proposal.

Last month it was my privilege to act as co-host and moderator for our first-ever Defined Benefit Summit.

A couple of weeks ago, we got a panicked call from daughter No. 1, who had, on her way home from work, gotten her first flat tire.

January 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We're at one of those "interesting" periods of time - where we have new laws, but lack clarifying regulations; we have proposed -...

I've been in this business since before I graduated college (and that's now been a while) - but my first interaction with a financial adviser didn't happen until...

January 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) It's a brand new year, and one of the "traditions" associated with a new year is the making of New Year's Resolutions.

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.

December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Once again, it was nip and tuck throughout the day - but this year's new winner actually led the whole day (albeit by...

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.