Do Your Clients Offer Retirement Ready 401(k) Plans?

Published August 21, 2013 1:00 AM EDT Updated December 11, 2015 4:54 PM EST 2 Min Read

Helping employees achieve retirement readiness has become the widely accepted goal of most 401(k) plan sponsors. The following 401(k) plan attributes are generally felt to promote employee retirement readiness:

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Robert C. Lawton

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Robert C. Lawton, AIF, CRPS is the founder and president of Lawton Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC. Mr. Lawton has over 30 years of retirement plan consulting and administration experience and has … Read full bio

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