Opinions

However stretched and strained our nation – and our personal lives – seem to be at times, surely it pales in comparison to the strains of the Civil...

November 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - You have adopted your 403(b) plan document and you have identified how you are going to administer your 403(b) plan in accordance...

Thanksgiving has been called a “uniquely American” holiday 

November 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Each year, the editors of PLANSPONSOR magazine, the industry’s leading resource for pension and benefits related news, choose a plan sponsor that demonstrates...

About a week ago, Caterpillar agreed to a $16.5 million settlement of one of those allegedly excessive fee/revenue-sharing lawsuits. 

November 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - The arrival of the final 403(b) regulations has transformed many compliance issues; however, the regulations are just as noteworthy for what has...

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's still several weeks but this week, I asked readers if their office would be open on the day after Thanksgiving - and...

November 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Though much has been written about the impact of the final 403(b) regulations on contract exchanges, it can be argued two other...

October 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week's survey question is simple.

As I was listening to, and participating in, panels at our Future of Asset Allocated Funds conference in California this past week, I was struck again by how...

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Halloween is still a couple of weeks off - but this week I asked readers to share what was your favorite scary movie(s).

Recently, Time magazine ran a story called "Why It's Time to Retire the 401(k)."

October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - On October 5, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report to Congressman Charles Rangel, Chair of the House Ways and...

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tomorrow happens to be Boss' Day, which gives us all a good opportunity to think about our bosses.

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With Bosses Day just around the corner, I asked readers what comments/counsel they would share with their bosses - good or bad -...

I am admittedly something of a pension (and regulatory) geek, but when the SunAmerica Opinion was published (December 2001), it was clear that something big had just happened.

October 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OK, in the overall scheme of things, it may not be very important, but I'm guessing that the subject of David Letterman's workplace...

October 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Monday, of course, is Columbus Day.

October 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - The IRS 403(b) Regulations are not the only large change sponsors of 403(b) plans are dealing with - expanded Form 5500 requirements...

October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I was struck by the recent CareerBuilder survey on awkward workplace moments.