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Raising the “standard of care” for your retirement plan

By Mike Switzer

Published June 25, 2024 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Jon Robertson, certified financial planner with Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, S.C.

On April 23rd, the US Department of Labor released its final version of the “Retirement Security Rule” which outlines a higher standard of care for retirement plans. What does this mean for your retirement plan? Mike Switzer interviews Jon Robertson, a certified financial planner with Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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