Colin Fitzpatrick Smith

• New Year's resolutions to consider

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  December 14, 2010

  As we prepare to enter a new decade and await the impact of legislation passed but not yet written from our friends at the Securities and Exchange Commission, it might prove prudent to post some New Years resolutions.

• More retirement plan reform rules proposed

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  December 1, 2010

  Yet another round of retirement plan industry reform rules. Still no effective date.

• Labor dept. vague on advice rules

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  October 27, 2010

  While we should focus on protecting our client, the plan sponsor, from a fiduciary perspective, perhaps we should consider protecting ourselves

• Know your target date funds

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  October 1, 2010

  Much has been written about target date funds and their effectiveness, or lack thereof, as investment choices inside a defined contribution plan.

• Rules may change regarding retirement plan advice

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  September 1, 2010

  While we await, with varying degrees of anticipation, the latest pronouncements from Congress regarding how advice may

• Perils await retirement plan sponsors

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  August 1, 2010

  As we await the latest decision by our elected officials and their friends at the Department of Labor,

• Ten fiduciary commandments for retirement plan sponsors

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  July 1, 2010

  As we have seen the up and down gyrations that governed the direction of the markets slip slowly over our investment horizon, perhaps we should resume our

• Top strategies to trigger retirement savings

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  June 1, 2010

  Amidst all the discussions and debates about retirement plans and their perceived flaws and failings,

• Facts about auto enrollment

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  May 1, 2010

  What if we concentrated a portion of our efforts in working with plan sponsors and plan participants that have employees who are not, by choice, participants in the plan?

• Turn on that light bulb: Education and retirement saving

  By Colin Fitzpatrick Smith  |  April 1, 2010

  Based upon these survey results and amplified by an estimate provided by the U.S. Census Department, it would seem education of plan participants and plan sponsors should be paramount.