On September 11, 2006, while the nation was focused on the fifth anniversary of the 09/11 terrorist attacks, a St. Louis law firm launched its own "attack" on...
September 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five years ago today, I was in the middle of a cross-country flight, literally running from one terminal to another in Dallas, when...
August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week's Congressional machinations brought to mind Otto van Bismarck's comment that "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them...
Last week, PBS' Frontline ran a program titled "Can You Afford To Retire?" For those of us in this business, the title was almost painfully rhetorical. After all,...
April 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (and yes, that's "our", not "yours"). This week I asked folks what they...
March 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Years ago, I got burned out on conferences. Too often, the seats were packed with sellers rather than buyers - and, too often,...
March 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benjamin Franklin once observed that in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes - and, certainly at this time of year,...
February 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week, Congress may well turn its attention to pension reform (or it may not; there are other issues looming, not the least...
November 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Friday, the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, issued a report reflecting its analysis of cash balance plans and their impact on worker...
September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pages of this publication frequently chronicle the impending onslaught of change and its implications for plan sponsors, and we also hope we...
I've always had a certain ambivalence about what are generally termed "Hallmark holidays." You know the ones I'm talking about - the ones that seem crafted for the...