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By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | February 21, 2012
Washington attacks 401k plans as states move to convert DB plans to DC plans, fiduciary advocates take off the gloves, annuities replace TDFs as favorite whipping boy and more.
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Posted in Commentary, Trending Topics | Tagged Annuity, Congress, cost of 401k, cutting pension, DB, disqualified person, DOL, fee, Fee Disclosure, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, financial literacy, freeze DB, IRA, pension, Presidential Budget, proxy voting, retirement, State Pension Conversion, target date fund, tax
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | February 6, 2012
This was the week we were all waiting for from the DOL. What we didn’t expect was the surprise from the IRS and the bipartisan agreement from two former SEC chairmen.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, 403b, Annuity, DOL, Fee Disclosure Rule, Fiduciary Duty, Fiduciary Standard, Harvey Pitt, Index Funds, IRS, Pat Burke, pension, revenue sharing, Ron Rhoades, SEC, stable value, Swensen, target date fund, TDF, Yale
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | January 30, 2012
The war for the fiduciary begins to shift arenas, we learn the downside of “low-cost” and all indications are the financial industry still hasn’t learned the root cause of the 2008 crisis.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged ETF, Fiduciary Report Card, Fiduciary Standard, IRA, Low Cost Fees, support for 401k, TDF
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | January 23, 2012
Focus this week on how to lower 401k plan sponsor liability and an early warning on the coming onslaught of poorly written mass media articles on 401k fees.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, 401k Investment Advice, 408(b)(2), Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, IRA, liability, plan sponsor, target date fund, TDF
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | January 17, 2012
More bad news for Target Date Fund fans and fans of the Fiduciary Standard, but DOL stands firm on Fee Disclosure Rule timing.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 12b-1, 401k, 403b, Borzi, DOL, ERISA, fee, Fee Disclosure Rule, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, IRA, liability, pension, pension fund, SEC, SRO, target date fund, TDF
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | January 9, 2012
The industry begins to accept the eventual fiduciary rule while rumors swirl on whether the Fee Disclosure Rule will be delayed.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, DOL, Fee Disclosure Rule, fiduciary, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | January 3, 2012
The year closed with a lot of contemplation on the 2011 that was and the 2011 that was not, with a dash of hope for the 2012 to be.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 2011 Top Stories, 401k Investment Advice, ETF, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, mutual fund
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | December 19, 2011
The battle of public pensions begins with an attack on the 401k as the 401k industry digs in its heels against the DOL Fiduciary Rule while many anticipate sticker shock from the looming Fee Disclosure Rule.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, 403b, 408(b)(2), Annuity, benchmarking, bundled providers, Business Model Neutral, California, Congress, day trading, Deloitte, DiNapoli, DOL, ETF, Fee Disclosure Rule, fiduciary, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, Guaranteed-Income, Illinois, John Taft, Low-Income Workers, New York, pension, public pension, Reish, SEC, Shapiro, SIFMA, target date fund, Tom Gonnella
FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 2/17/12
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | February 21, 2012
Washington attacks 401k plans as states move to convert DB plans to DC plans, fiduciary advocates take off the gloves, annuities replace TDFs as favorite whipping boy and more.
Read the full story...Posted in Commentary, Trending Topics | Tagged Annuity, Congress, cost of 401k, cutting pension, DB, disqualified person, DOL, fee, Fee Disclosure, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, financial literacy, freeze DB, IRA, pension, Presidential Budget, proxy voting, retirement, State Pension Conversion, target date fund, tax | Leave a response