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Helpful Facts and Research
Retirement Isn’t What It Used To Be (Read More...)
This is an outline of a presentation given to a professional group of independent accounting firms throughout the USA.
Plan Sponsors (Read More...)
Plan fiduciaries are running the risk of missing the point of 408(b)(2). Many believe its all about plan vendor expense disclosures. The REAL issue is what the plan…
Is Your 401(k) “Free” (Read More...)
There are many plans that have been touted as “free” to their participants. They are not.
Sea Change (Read More...)
More and more companies now play a much more active role in guiding employees’ 401(k) investment decisions. Why? Because most participants are failing to meet the basic goal of any retirement plan – sufficient savings to live a retirement with dignity. Please click on the hyperlink above for this very informative article by Alix Stuart of CFO Magazine.
Global Crisis of Legitimacy (Read More...)
Global Crisis of Legitimacy (Stratfor Global Intell.)
Geography of Recessions (Read More...)
Geography of Recessions (Stratfor Global Intell.)
Retirement Crisis in America: “The Journey to Dignity or Despair” (Read More...)
Retirement Crisis in America: “The Journey to Dignity or Despair”
Tips on Hiring a Pension Consultant” (Read More...)
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently published a series of tips to assist fiduciaries of employee benefit plans in reviewing conflicts of interest of pension consultants. The guidance, Selecting and Monitoring Pension Consultants – Tips for Plan Fiduciaries, addresses questions raised by an SEC staff report on potential conflict of interest disclosures by pension consultants.
How Does Dover Manage Conflicts” (Read More...)
Dover Consulting Group is a division of Dover Partners Inc., an independently owned investment management firm. We are not affiliated with any other financial services company and have no products to sell, other than our expertise. Virtually all of our revenues come from client fees. To avoid possible conflicts, we don’t consult to financial services companies that sell products to our clients. But it’s possible that some of our business practices might be construed as conflicts of interest.