Year: 2010
3 Terrible Problems the New DOL Investment Advice Rule Poses to the 401k Fiduciary
Under the DOL’s proposed Investment Advice Rule, if a plan enters into a prohibited relationship with a vendor – or if an existing relationship now becomes prohibited – fiduciary liability rises. Can the 401k fiduciary afford to ignore these critical issues?
3 Great Ways the New DOL Investment Advice Rule Helps the 401k Fiduciary
Are you breathing a sigh of relief? Commentators seem to have coalesced around several key benefits of this proposed Rule. Can you see these helping your plan’s participants?
Supreme Court Plays Solomon with 401k Fiduciaries on Mutual Fund Fees
Most interesting, though, may loom the warning of Justice Alito: When is comes to fiduciary duty, disclosure isn’t enough. One wonders if the DOL is listening.
2008 Market Meltdown: Are We Headed for a Repeat?
At one point within two days of a total meltdown, our financial markets appear to have recovered. Can we now say with certainty what went wrong? Will misguided “solutions” only place our markets are risk once more?
CITs in 401ks: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
As usual, be careful about elixirs marketed as cure-alls. Personally involved in creating CITs in the early 1990s specifically to market to 401k plans, I’ll share my experiences with you here.
Readers Select Top Fiduciary Stories of 2009: #4 Caterpillar Settlement
$16.5 million is a large price to pay for disclosure and due diligence a plan fiduciary can simply and consistently address. This may be the easiest action a 401k plan fiduciary to take to prevent the camel from sticking his nose under the tent.
DOL Releases New Investment Advice Rule: More (or Less?) Trouble for the 401k Fiduciary
The question now on the mind of every 401k fiduciary: Will the DOL’s new rule increase my personal fiduciary liability?
Annuities the Next 401k SNAFU? Advisers Offer 6 Reasons Why
FiduciaryNews asked several prominent independent investment advisers what they felt about the joint agency RFI. They revealed six major concerns every 401k fiduciary must consider regarding annuities.
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