The bottom-line is employees may be setting themselves up not only for failure, but for a costly failure. This is why it’s vitally important for employees to understand more than just the simple objective and class of the mutual funds they own.
Posts From Christopher Carosa, CTFA
The prevailing consensus has been corporate executives work for their owners (i.e., shareholders). That all changed on August 19, 2019. What are the fiduciary implications?
Everything Old is New Again, Double Fiduciary Trouble, and Looking for Mr. GoodFee.
If you think this evolution is amazing, just wait until you see what changes come about once the 401kMEP starts ramping up.
Regulators’ mixed blessing, say it ain’t so, Abagail, and do you feel better now?
It may not immediately strike small business owners that they may not have complete control or access to their own retirement assets that sit within the company plan they sponsor. After reading this, they may have second thoughts about taking any unvetted actions.
The other MEP, the Empire State strikes back, and away we go!
Once 401k plan sponsors become aware of the differences between the types of service offerings, the ideal strategy is then to explicit solicit proposals for each type of offering to determine which kind of offering best serves their unique situation.
MEP rising, fiduciary pushme-pullya, and fee gotcha!
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Poly potpourri, reframing fiduciary, and learning from investment history.