by David Gensler | Mar 25, 2020 | newsletters, retirement plans
David I Gensler, MSPA, MAAA, ASEA I thought that the most important thing that I could do with this month’s newsletter is to provide you with an update of any retirement related legislation as it moves through Congress. Though negotiations are not over, on March 22nd...
by David Gensler | Feb 20, 2020 | Generation X, newsletters, retirement, retirement planning
David I Gensler, MSPA, MAAA, ASEA We’ve seen these images and advertisements so many times that we don’t pay much attention to them anymore. They are on the booklets that the recordkeeping providers give out at enrollment meetings. They flash across the TV screen as...
by David Gensler | Dec 30, 2019 | IRAs, newsletters, retirement plans
Amidst all the strum and drang going on in Washington, little noticed by anyone other than pension geeks (like me), Congress passed the most sweeping retirement plan legislation in 13 years. It was signed into law by the President on December 20th. The SECURE act is...
by David Gensler | Oct 10, 2019 | 401(k) plans, newsletters
This lawsuit has something for everyone: a respected and revered institution (MIT), one of the leading providers of services to the retirement plan industry (Fidelity) and a prominent law firm in the field of fiduciary litigation (the firm of Schlichter Bogard &...
by David Gensler | Sep 18, 2019 | 401(k), 401(k) plans, newsletters, retirement
David I Gensler, MSPA, MAAA, ACOPA, EA Two unrelated occurrences illustrate that while it is difficult to steal money from a retirement plan, it is certainly not impossible. TPA SCHEME FAILS From 2013 through 2017, some 300 workers at Ferguson Electric and...