Sometimes, a plan sponsors can’t just can’t say no thanks

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.
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When you meet retirement plan sponsors just at different networking events and they find out that you’re a retirement plan provider, they may volunteer that their retirement plan is in perfect shape. As we know as retirement plan providers, they often don’t know if that is true. However, they volunteer that information because they don’t want to talk about their retirement plan and don’t want to be solicited.

I’m not saying that you should harass them, but I certainly don’t think you should take their word for it. I had an advisor call me up where he approached a company and was told that they had a $1 billion 401(k) plan and everything was fine. Of course, the advisor checked and the plan was about $930 million short of $1 billion. It was also on an expensive bundled platform and had 95 investment options on them.

What’s the advisor likely to do? Take that information and delicately approach the plan sponsor and how they’re probably paying too much in plan expenses.

The point is that you can have multiple bites at the apple and that just because a plan sponsor is trying to dismiss you, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check up to see f they’re telling the truth about your plan.

DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations. Attorney Advertising.

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