Terminology: Plan Sponsor

Last week I had an “a ha” moment when during a meeting, discussion turned to the meaning of the term “plan sponsor.” I always considered it a broad expression, that refers to institutional clients (e.g., pension funds, endowments, foundations)....

Words and their meanings

“Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them” J. Rousseau Our industry is replete with words, expressions, and abbreviations that conjure up different meanings. My son, Chris, and I were on the phone with a prospective consulting...
September 11 … eight years later

September 11 … eight years later

I think it’s fitting, on this eighth anniversary of 9/11, to pause and reflect on that horrible day. There are a few events in our lives that we recall a lot of details about: some are especially wonderful, such as births and weddings, while others are tragic...

Global outreach

A few weeks ago I began monitoring traffic on the blog. And while I can’t tell who is logging in, I can tell where they’re connecting from. And so far we’ve been accessed from at least 23 countries: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada,...

Lessons learned

“Financial crisis of past year offers many lessons,” reads the CFA Institute’s lead story in today’s e-mail news brief. The story is from The Wall Street Journal and points out how “we are nearly six months into one of the most impressive...

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