By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | November 11, 2013
Pension confusion, more fiduciary questions and fee-caps for 401k?
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, active, auto-enrollment, behavioral finance, court ruling, DOL, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, GAO, Index, IRA Rollover, MassMutual, pension, retirement, Retirement Plan Fee Cap, saving, SIFMA, Tax Reform, withdrawal
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 | October 15, 2012
Why are we still considering pensions, What ever happened to the Fiduciary Standard and What hath Fee Disclosure wrought?
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, active, Compliance Review, contribution, debt, DOL, expense ratio, Fee Disclosure, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, Index, pension, principal trading rule, retirement, saving, SEC
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | October 9, 2012
This may rock the world of the unsuspecting. Fasten your seatbelts before proceeding.
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Posted in Due Diligence | Tagged active, DOL, expense ratio, fiduciary, investment, Laura Lutton, Morningstar, mutual fund, passive, SEC
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | June 13, 2011
How many different ways can you mention “passive investing” in an article relating to 401k plans? It seems like reporters had a theme last week – and it showed up in the strangest of places.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 12b-1, 401k, active, Annuity, China, DOL, ETF, fee, Fiducairy Standard, investment policy statement, passive, pension
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | June 6, 2011
Just as a major brokerage firm begins to yield on its opposition to the fiduciary standard, the co-author of the bill compelling the SEC to look into it tells the regulator to lay off brokers. And that’s only the beginning. We’ve also see cracks in the cult of ETF (or is it indexing?).
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 12b-1, active, court ruling, ETF, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, income investing, index fund, passive, plan sponsor
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | May 31, 2011
It was a bad week for fans of pensions, ETFs and annuities. At least we had Babe Ruth to save us.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 12b-1, active, Annuity, ETF, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, income, income investing, passive
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | April 25, 2011
Trending topics this week explores whether a popular investment product is a ticking time bomb or the Holy Grail of investing and connects the dots to lament over the apparent loss of a true fiduciary standard.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, active, court ruling, ERISA, ETF, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, Index, mutual fund, passive, plan sponsor, target date fund
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By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | November 11, 2013
Pension confusion, more fiduciary questions and fee-caps for 401k?
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