By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | April 15, 2013
Do you really own your retirement money? Prohibit non-fiduciaries from using term “advisor”? More target date fund troubles?
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, 401k loan, expense ratio, fiduciary, Fiduciary Duty, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, index fund, IRA, pension, retirement, Rollover, saving, stable value, target date fund
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | April 2, 2013
If maintaining fiduciary due diligence were easy, they wouldn’t publish a list like this.
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Posted in Compliance | Tagged 401k, DOL, fee, Fidelity Bond, fiduciary, Fiduciary Duty, fiduciary liabilty, prohibited transaction, service provider
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | March 25, 2013
Washington talks of scrambling nest eggs, DOL smacks poor fiduciaries and silly season for investments.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 12b-1, 401k, 401k loan, Bond, Calpers, court ruling, Detroit Pension, DOL, fiduciary, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, Ford, Harold Evensky, index fund, Kansas, passive-active, pension, retirement, SEAL, SEC
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | March 19, 2013
Bonds and bond funds alike suffer from rising interest rates, but bonds are protected in ways bond funds are not. Does the typical 401k investor know that?
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Posted in Due Diligence | Tagged 401k, Bo Lu, Bond, bond fund, Chuck Epstein, Hilary Martin, investment, James Watkins, Michael Prus, Rich Winer, Timothy Yee, Todd Tresidder
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | March 18, 2013
Washington gridlock may save the 401k, bad news for some fiduciaries and an academic shows a certain lack of field experience.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 12b-1, 401k, active, Defined Benefit Plans, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, IBM, Illinois, Mary Jo White, passive, pension, saving, SEC, Social Security, target date fund
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | March 12, 2013
You don’t have to part the Red Sea or ascend Mount Sinai to find these goodies!
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Posted in Education | Tagged 401k, Brooks Herman, Charlton Heston, Elle Kaplan, Ilene Davis, Jeff Stoffer, Joseph Ready, Karen Lee, Michelle Ford, Moses, Paula Hendrickson, retirement, Savings, Stephanie Ackler, Stephen Iaconis
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | March 11, 2013
Tax reform to take bite of 401ks? Can SEC draw fire from both sides? What is ‘Plan B’ for fees?
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 12b-1, 401k, auto-enrollment, DOL, Fee Disclosure, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, investment performance, IRA, IRA Rollover, Savings, SEC, taxes
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | March 5, 2013
The sin of recency consumes far too many investors. How can they help themselves?
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Posted in Due Diligence | Tagged 401k, Adam D. Koos, Asset Allocation, Christopher R. Blake, David Ott, Edwin J. Elton, Elle Kaplan, fiduciary, Martin J. Gruber, One Portfolio, performance, rebalancing, Roger S. Balser, Ryan Rink, Steven W. Kaye, Victor H. Hicks, William Simon
FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 4/12/13
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | April 15, 2013
Do you really own your retirement money? Prohibit non-fiduciaries from using term “advisor”? More target date fund troubles?
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