Year: 2011
Is the 401k DOA? Time to Bring Back Pensions? Fiduciary Implications for Corporate Plan Sponsors
Maybe we can learn something from Madison’s protesting public employee unions. Maybe there’s something more to being a fiduciary. Something even the DOL doesn’t tell us.
Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 2/18/11
This week say more positioning on the fiduciary standard, the return of the annuity debate, continued heckling of 401k plans and some important regulatory news.Target d
New York Fiduciary Panel Yields Surprise Honesty While Drawing Lines in the Sand
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.
Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 2/11/11
Last week we saw some grand positioning in the coming battle for the Fiduciary Standard. What’s it all about? We’ll tell you bluntly.
Should Plan Sponsors Fear? Is the 401k Merely a Ponzi Scheme?
Could it be true? And, if so, will the albatross of liability ultimately hang upon the 401k plan sponsor?
Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 2/4/11
It really doesn’t appear the SEC is serious about the fiduciary standard. It seems more interested in using it as a pawn in a looming partisan fight. Where does this leave the proponents of the fiduciary standard? What other alternatives do they have?
Mass Media Retirement Hype: Hurting 401k Investors and Increasing Plan Sponsor Fiduciary Liability?
If the major networks prefer to use former professionals as color announcers for sports events, why don’t they use specific industry professionals to write these types of stories for the mass media?
Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 1/28/11
One the dust settled, the rejoicing stopped and outright concern rose. Perhaps the Republicans on the SEC Commission were right, albeit for the wrong reasons.
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