Compliance

DB Consultant Conflicts Are Often Unreported

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates conflicts-of-interest often exist for consultants to terminated or likely to be terminated defined benefit pension plans, but seldom...

IMHO: “Might″ Makes Right?

Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 67-page report titled “Conflicts of Interest Involving High Risk or Terminated Plans Pose Enforcement Challenges.″

IMHO: Fighting Words

“[T]he complaint is a rambling 38 page collection long on legal argument, public policy rhetoric and repetition, but vague in its allegations of facts which might be relevant...

Bad Move?

Sooner or later, we all make what appears to be, in hindsight anyway, a bad career move.

IMHO: Caveat Emptor

A couple of weeks ago, my better half told me that she thought it was time that we traded in two of our aging vehicles – one a...

IMHO: Moving Targets

In nearly 30 years working with employer-sponsored retirement plans, I am hard-pressed to call to mind a product innovation that has been adopted with as much vigor as...