Many 401k plan sponsors aren’t aware of fee creep and how it exposes them to greater fiduciary liability. One plan’s ignorance cost it nearly a half million dollars in personal damages.
Posts From Christopher Carosa, CTFA
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.
For those who believe an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) for an ERISA retirement plan helps reduce fiduciary liability, here’s a nine step process for creating a strong IPS.
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?).
It was a bad week for fans of pensions, ETFs and annuities. At least we had Babe Ruth to save us.
How Babe Ruth Can Help 401k Plan Sponsors Teach Employees the Most Important Thing They Need to Know
Time diversification remains controversial, but here’s why the practitioners have one up on the academics.
Data here reveals the amazing truth about the success of total return investing. So, what’s a plan sponsor to do?
Why do two popular 401k options encourage investors to invest for income when most fiduciaries know (or show know) of the dangers of doing so?
For more than a century, fiduciaries followed the principles set forth in an 1830 court ruling. Two events in 1969 forever changed the landscape.
Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 6/17/11
This week we learn to ask the question: “If the regulators don’t care, why should the investors?” Which is like saying “If the police don’t care, why should the victims?” On a brighter note, John Bogle isn’t happy he’s been proven wrong.