Here things get a little familiar for companies with pre-existing stand-alone 401k plans (but may need to be discovered by those without plans).
Most Recent Articles
- Plan Sponsor Primer: How is an Open 401k MEP/PEP Different From a Stand-Alone 401k Plan? 0
- The Top Ten “Must Read” FiduciaryNews.com Articles Over The Past Five Years! 0
- Top 5 FiduciaryNews.com Stories in 2020 for the 401k Plan Sponsor and Fiduciary 0
- Looking Ahead: 401k Plan Sponsors Issues Coming in 2021 0
- Exclusive Interview: Jean-Pierre Aubry Explains Research That Concludes ESG Investments Do Not Belong In Retirement Plans 0
Preferred Members Only
IRA MIA, waiting for fiduciary, and Bogle’s Frankenstein.
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- FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 1/1/21 0
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MEP/PEP
Do you know the answers to the most important MEP/PEP questions – or do you only think you know the answers to the most important MEP/PEP questions?
- Will COVID-Related 401k Plan Shrinkages Push Companies to Pooled or State Solutions? 0
- Exclusive Interview: Pete Swisher Explains Why Companies Don’t Care About MEPs (or PEPs or Even 401k Plans) 0
- Exclusive Interview: Ary Rosenbaum Says, Despite SECURE ACT, Some 401k MEPs Challenges Remain 0
- To MEP Or Not To MEP? That is the SECURE 401k Question 0
- How to Address Top Fiduciary Issues for Trade Associations Sponsoring 401k MEPs 0
Interviews
“Our review of the academic literature found that ESG was either unrelated or had a negative relationship to investment performance…The only studies that I know of that report positively about ESG are white papers by asset management firms.”
- Exclusive Interview: Ron Rhoades Warns Millennials Still Afraid Of Stocks And Suggests What To Do About It 0
- Exclusive Interview: Phyllis Borzi on the SECURE Act, Target Date Funds, and “Discredited Disclosure” 1
- Exclusive Interview: Pete Swisher Explains Why Companies Don’t Care About MEPs (or PEPs or Even 401k Plans) 0
- Exclusive Interview: Ary Rosenbaum Says, Despite SECURE ACT, Some 401k MEPs Challenges Remain 0
- Exclusive Interview: Skip Schweiss Says Public Today “Much More Aware” of Need to Work With Fiduciary 0
Education
Only time will tell, but the smart money is that open 401k MEP/PEPs are a game-changer. Are you planning to sit on the bench or are you suiting up and getting ready to wade in?
- Looking Ahead: 401k Plan Sponsors Issues Coming in 2021 0
- This Is How Small 401k Plan Sponsors Can Best Address Their Unique Needs 0
- Market Rotation Presents Opportunity For Urgent Retirement Saver Education 0
- 401k Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries Should Use This Innovative Approach to Employee Education 0
- What Can Plan Sponsors Do To Bring Employees Up To The Optimal Deferral Target? 0
Conflicts of Interest
Today, the understanding of conflict-of-interest fees goes well beyond plan sponsors. Individual investors also understand how they can act as a better fiduciary for their own personal investments.
Due Diligence
Here things get a little familiar for companies with pre-existing stand-alone 401k plans (but may need to be discovered by those without plans).
- Why It Might Be Time To Mix Up The Line Up In The 401k Investment Menu 0
- Should A 401k Fiduciary Treat ESG As An Asset Class, A Stock Valuation Factor, Or Neither? 0
- ESG, the DOL, and the Fiduciary Imperative 1
- Plan Sponsors Have This Fiduciary Duty to Structure 401k Plans to Reduce the Harm Market Inefficiencies Pose to Plan Participants 1
- This Is How We Rescued Retirement Savings From The 401k Frankenstein Created By An Infatuation With The ‘Style Box’ 0
Compliance
In the end, this all comes down to one final concern, and it’s one that is typically not even considered.
- The DOL’s New Back To The Future “ESG” (a.k.a. “Fiduciary”) Rule 0
- What Trump vs. Biden Means to 401k Plan Sponsors and the Typical Plan Fiduciary 0
- 5 Big Overlooked Fiduciary Errors 401k Plan Sponsors Are Making Right Now 1
- To Vote Or Not To Vote, That Is The Proxy Question For The Retirement Plan Fiduciary 0
- 401k Plan Sponsors Look Before You Leap – Do MEPs Really Reduce Fees? 1
Opinion
These are the evergreen articles that have stood the test of time. Why do you think that is so? Take a look and decide for yourself.
- Top 5 FiduciaryNews.com Stories in 2020 for the 401k Plan Sponsor and Fiduciary 0
- 3 Unintended Consequences Point Out How Robert Smith’s Honest Gift to Pay Loans Neglects Duty to Students’ Best Interest – A Lesson In Fiduciary Duty 1
- A Fiduciary Focus: 5 Steps 401k Plan Sponsors Should Resolve to Take in 2019 1
- What if the DOL Wrote the Rules of Golf? 1
- 5 “Must Read” 2015 Articles for the 401k Plan Sponsor and Fiduciary – Honorable Mention 0
Trending Topics
IRA MIA, waiting for fiduciary, and Bogle’s Frankenstein.
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