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May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Believe it or not, the Pension Protection Act (PPA) is nearly two years old - and yet some of the most significant provisions...

I was discussing the subject of retirement the other day with a friend.

The House Committee on Education and Labor recently passed the 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act (H.R. 3185).

April 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This is Administrative Professionals Week - and yesterday was Administrative Professionals Day.

Over the past several weeks, I've gotten a lot of calls from reporters across the country looking to understand more about what appears to be a recent uptick...

An early "win" for plan sponsors (perhaps more accurately, a win for a plan sponsor) was Hecker v. Deere & Co.

When a co-worker forwarded to me an e-mail about Eliot Spitzer's alleged tie with a prostitution ring last week, I thought it was a joke.

While it's been a relatively mild winter here (and it's not over yet), it's been cold enough—and our house old enough—that opening the various utility bills has been...

Looks like James LaRue will get his day in court, after all.

With lightning speed, the House managed to cobble together an economic stimulus package last week, the Senate will take it up this week, and President Bush seems eager...

Back in 2003, when then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer launched his investigation into mutual fund trading practices, two distinct areas were highlighted.

Just after Christmas my family flew to Chicago for a surprise - my mother-in-law's 85th birthday.

I went to see "I Am Legend" just before Christmas.

Having spent three days immersed in PLANSPONSOR's second annual DB Summit, I was struck by just how relatively "easy" participant-directed plans—be they 401(k), 403(b), or 457- are.

Two years ago, I wrote about the "next level" in defined contribution designs: a growing interest on the part of plan sponsors in focusing on service elements like...

December 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's that time of year again - time for the office holiday party.

Thanksgiving has been called a "uniquely American" holiday, and while that is perhaps something of an overstatement, it is unquestionably a special holiday, and one on which it...

Last week, as I was surfing the Web, I stumbled across an article titled "Time for Employers to Cut Cord to 401(k) Plans."

I was having coffee with a buddy of mine a couple of weeks back, and before long the discussion turned to music; specifically the new Bruce Springsteen CD.

It may have lacked the hoopla of a midnight Harry Potter release, but in retirement industry circles, last week's publication of the Department of Labor's final regulations on...