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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 3/1/2019
If you think you’ve had a bad week, just remember – it could have been worse. Check out what happened to these guys (and gals)…
In Florida, a new bill introduced in the state senate proposes to take distracted driving to a whole new level… including reading, writing and applying makeup as actions...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 3/1/2019
Punxatawny Phil’s prediction of an early spring may have been off the mark, but February was another good month for 401(k) balances.
While the second month of 2019 wasn’t exactly a “Groundhog Day” repeat of January, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 3/1/2019
This is (was?) America Saves Week. While most of us think about saving – and help others save – all year long, this week has been set aside as “an annual event to encourage more Americans to save effectively.” This week we asked NAPA-Net readers to weigh in.
Okay, so technically the week isn’t...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/27/2019
Another settlement has been announced in the series of university 403(b) plan excessive fee suits.
The latest settlement (Cassell v. Vanderbilt Univ., M.D. Tenn., No. 3:16-cv-02086, status report 2/25/19) involved Vanderbilt University, where fiduciaries of Vanderbilt’s $3.4 billion (as of 2014)...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/26/2019
This is, of course, America Saves Week. And while there are plenty of good reasons to save, we all know that it can be tough to start. But in that spirit, here are four things that those who aren’t (yet) saving for retirement should know.
It’s never too late to start saving for retirement....
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/25/2019
This is America Saves Week. While most of us think about saving – and help others save – all year long, this week has been set aside as “an annual event to encourage more Americans to save effectively.”
More specifically, America Saves Week (Feb. 24–March 2) “encourages Americans to ‘take the...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/25/2019
A 401(k) plan participant claims a fund supermarket fee structure amounts to hidden fees designed to shore up revenues lost due to the increased use of passive and non-revenue sharing funds.
The suit, brought as a potential class action by Andre W. Wong, a participant in the T-Mobile USA, Inc....
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/24/2019
The parties in an excessive fee suit have now “licked” the concerns of a federal judge concerning terms of the $500,000 settlement with a simple, yet potentially significant modification.
While excessive fee litigation is hardly uncommon these days (though it involves an incredibly small number of...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/22/2019
This week, a NAPA-Net reader poses an intriguing question: “How often do you meet with DCIO and recordkeeper wholesalers?”
A recent NAPA-Net article by Rebecca Hourihan carried the compelling title, “‘We Don’t Meet with Wholesalers’ But Here’s Why You Should,” highlighting those benefits,...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/22/2019
Last week we launched a new NAPA-Net. This week we’ll point out some of the features. Today’s focus – Events & Education.
Two of the most popular areas of the NAPA-net website (besides the news content) are our Events page and the Education tab. The former is a quick way to check in on...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/21/2019
Last week we launched a new NAPA-Net. This week we’ll point out some of the features. Today’s focus – the magazine.
It’s pretty normal for magazines to expand into a web site. But NAPA-Net did just the opposite; we actually had a website (and email newsletter) before we had a magazine.
And while...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/21/2019
If you think you’ve had a bad week, just remember – it could have been worse. Check out what happened to these guys (and gals)…
In Juneau County, Wisconsin, department of Transportation officials have noted that “whiteout conditions are dangerous," and reminded drivers to please slow down and...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/21/2019
When we say the agenda for the NAPA 401(k) Summit is built by advisors for advisors – we mean it. And this year’s agenda – like the attendance – is one for the record books.
This year’s agenda is chock full of workshops on practice management, business development, plan design innovations, the...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/20/2019
“Fiduciaries that manage employer-sponsored benefits plans will likely get sued no matter what they do.” Thus begins a request from a number of retirement industry groups – including the American Retirement Association – that the U.S. Supreme Court weigh in on a controversial fiduciary case.
Said...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/20/2019
Last week we launched a new NAPA-Net. This week we’ll point out some of the features. Today’s focus – Industry Intel.
Our expanded “industry intel” tab brings together a wide-ranging assortment of materials that summarize the latest industry developments – what’s happening, and who’s making it...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/20/2019
Terms of an excessive fee settlement announced late last year have been submitted for court approval.
The terms, struck after “more than two years of litigation, multiple dispositive and discovery motions, a contested class certification motion, complete document, deposition, and expert discovery...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/19/2019
A recent headline in The Wall Street Journal started off: “Forget the 401(k).” And then, unintentionally, proceeded to explain why that would be… nuts.
Not that the author (Jason Zweig) didn’t throw in some digs at the subject, making a glancing reference to what he termed “the rigid and often...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/18/2019
Last week we launched a new NAPA-Net. This week we’ll point out some of the features. Today let’s look at the new “news” menu.
Most readers rely on “the daily” NAPA-Net to curate and thus highlight the most important information each day. But sometimes you’re looking for a particular article, and...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/18/2019
This week, a NAPA-Net reader poses an intriguing question: “How often do you meet with DCIO & recordkeeper wholesalers? Who makes the cut?”
A recent NAPA-Net article by Rebecca Hourihan carried the compelling title, “‘We Don’t Meet with Wholesalers’ But Here’s Why You Should,” highlighting...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD | 2/15/2019
Roughly a year ago, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 brought with it some “loosening” of the rules pertaining to hardship distributions, effective for plan years starting after Dec. 31, 2018. But while the word has gotten out, readers aren’t yet seeing much impact.
Recall that, generally speaking...
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