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The Retirement Plan Blog
Balance forward 401(k) plans: someone’s gotta win, someone’s gotta lose
By Jerry Kalish
Balance forward 401(k) plans may seem like an arcane topic for a Saturday morning even if you’re a pension person. But if you’re a plan sponsor or a 401(k) plan…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
What Ever Happened To…The Influx of ERISA/401(k) Cases After the Supreme Court’s Decision in Larue?
Continuing a theme this week of followups to older posts, back in February the U.S. Supreme Court, in Larue v. DeWolff, ruled that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) allows an…
The Retirement Plan Blog
The bailout bill, the stock market, and 401(k) plans: what’s ahead for us?
By Jerry Kalish
See full-size image. I was certainty premature yesterday in thinking the bailout bill was going to pass when I wrote the bailout bill is like a Christmas tree - something for…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Gihilarducci on Defined Benefit Pensions are Dead; Long Live DB Pensions
Teresa Ghilarducci, Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair of Economic Policy Analysis The New School for Social Research, and author of “When I’m Sixty-Four: The Plot Against Pensions and the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Zelinsky on 401(k) Lessons from the Crash of 2008
Good piece here from Ed Zelinsky (Cradozo) on the 401(k) aspect of the 2008 economic collapse from Oxford University Press Blog:Even as we contemplate the financial carnage of the Crash…
Pension Risk Matters
Retirement Fallout – Breaking the Bank, Piggybank That Is
According to financial reporter Jennifer Levitz, a dismal trifecta accounts for recent retirement withdrawals. Rising unemployment, stricter credit conditions and a sagging equity market make defined contribution piggybanks a tempting target.…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Joshua Itzoe on Fixing the 401(k)
In an odd coincidence, at the same time Wall Street has been imploding, laying bare valuation and other problems with investments in retirement plans and elsewhere, I happen to have…
The Retirement Plan Blog
401(k) plan not a slam dunk decision for business owner
By Jerry Kalish
Our fellow bloggers at Slate magazine’s BizBox blog have been following what the general business media have saying about 401(k) plans for small businesses. Their most recent post on the…
The Retirement Plan Blog
January 1, 2009 is tip-off time for new 403(b) regulations, but switch to 401(k) is option
By Jerry Kalish
See full-size image 403(b) plans are going to look a lot like 401(k) plans starting January 1, 2009 when the new final regulations become effective. (See my posts last year,…
The Retirement Plan Blog
¡Three Amigos! of 401(k) fee disclosure opening at a retirement plan near you soon
By Jerry Kalish
It didn't have a big box office in 1986 when it was released, but the ¡Three Amigos! movie has gone on to become a comedy classic. And how could it not, Written…