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Spencer Green
Chairman, GDS International

Sales and the 'Talent Magnet'

A lot is written about being a ‘Talent Magnet’, either as a company, or as President. It’s all good practice – listen, mentor, reward, provide clear goals and career maps. Good practice for the employer, but what about the employee?
25 May 2011
Retirement Planning
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Retirement Planning

6 best practices for retirement plan investment fiduciaries


Plan sponsors have significant fiduciary duties once they decide to offer a retirement plan. This means plan sponsors must manage their plans with the best interests of the plan participants in mind. Section 404(a)(1)(b) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) also requires that the employer manage the plan with “care, skill, prudence and diligence.” This “Prudent Person Standard of Care” can be daunting, but is achievable when plan sponsors have a well thought out process.

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A workable prescription for redefining retirement plans


As traditional defined benefit pension plans continue to fade from existence, the retirement security of millions of American workers increasingly rests squarely on the shoulders of their 401(k) or other workplace-provided defined contribution (DC) program

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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America


As a plan administrator, you know designing the very best retirement plan hinges on strategies, not products alone.

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Conducting a comprehensive retirement plan review


For years many employers who sponsored a retirement plan simply focused on making their employer contribution each year. Sponsoring a retirement plan today, though, is certainly not a “set it and forget it” proposition. In today’s economic climate, and with government focus on the employer’s fiduciary obligation to a company-sponsored retirement plan and its participants, more and more employers are looking for ways to optimize plan performance and gain fiduciary protection.

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A higher standard of care


Dr. Gregory Kasten uses his medical background to improve retirement plan outcomes.

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