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By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | May 1, 2013
In that drive for ratings points, producers often – willingly or unwillingly – must make a pact with the devil.
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Posted in Fees | Tagged 401k, bundled providers, conflict of interest, expense ratio, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, Frontlne, hidden fee, Hilary Martin, Holmes Osborne, Martin Smith, MEP, Multiple Employer Plans, PBS, Phyllis Borzi, plan sponsor, Roger Wohlner, Ryan Knutson, suitability standard, The Retirement Gamble, Tim Wochok, Vanguard
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | September 25, 2012
Are financial professionals the new Joe Isuzu?
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Posted in Education | Tagged 401k, CarFax, conflict of interest, David Leisure, disclosure, Ewin Barnett III, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, Joe Isuzu, least trustworthy profession, plan sponsor, retail investor, Top 25 Celebrity Spokespeople
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | December 6, 2011
Are the purported lower fees of bundling real, or are they a figment of some marketing department’s imagination? Worse, are bundled services really a fiduciary trap?
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Posted in Fees | Tagged 401k, BrightScope, bundled providers, Chuck Miller, Cogent Study, conflict of interest, Craig Freedman, fiduciary, Fiduciary Solutions, liability, Michael Spraul, Mike Alfred, one-stop-shopping, Sarah Simoneaux
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | December 5, 2011
A simple heuristic explains the importance of the Fiduciary Rule, blizzard warning on Fee Disclosure, the truth about Stable Value funds and a slew of court rulings.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged All-In, auto-enrollement, bundled providers, conflict of interest, court ruling, Fee Disclosure Rule, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, legislation, self-employed, stable value
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | September 7, 2011
Is this the last gasps of a dying business model whose ruins new life seems destined to find rebirth?
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Posted in Conflicts of Interest | Tagged conflict of interest, DOL, ERISA, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Rule, Fiduciary Standard, IRA
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | February 15, 2011
Thus were lines drawn in the sand. We’re left to wonder if the tide of time will wash away those lines or merely wash away the sense of urgency for a uniform fiduciary standard.
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Posted in Compliance | Tagged conflict of interest, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard
FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 2/22/13
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | February 25, 2013
DC/DB confusion, the real fiduciary issue and a fee fight breaks out.
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