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Last week the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on “promoting retirement security.”   

During last week’s GOP presidential candidate debate, Texas Governor Rick Perry grabbed headlines by reaffirming his position that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme.” 

It’s been a stressful week—and it’s not over yet.   

When The Hartford asked Americans age 45 and older about their retirement plans, two in five said they intended to work longer and delay retirement, or work part...

I finally got to the dentist last week.  

I have watched with increasing interest the growing furor over the Department of Labor’s proposed new fiduciary definition.   

The year we began publishing PLANADVISER was a big year in many ways for me.  

I was late to the NetFlix game—switching over only when my local Blockbuster closed its doors.   

In my experience, there are three major reasons that people save for retirement.   

There were three big disclosure announcements last week.   

You may have missed it, but there was a bit of a “dust up” in our industry last week. 

A growing number of plan advisers are entering the non-qualified deferred compensation (NQDC) marketplace.

This past week, my son graduated from high school.   

The underlying theme of last week’s PLANSPONSOR National Conference was “measuring up."

I’ve long adhered to the wisdom of having a “Plan B,” a fallback position if the things you hope will work out—don’t.