These are the times it’s most important for fiduciaries to learn how to say “no” to clients who feel compelled to set their own best interests aside just to chase investment performance. No one is saying that’s an easy job.
Posts From Christopher Carosa, CTFA
Quite the opposite from being “over the hill,” those in their forties may find they’re still slogging up hill in terms of saving for retirement.
MEPs advance, the “New” Fiduciary and Caveat Emptor Investors!
It’s often difficult for those not immersed in the everyday concerns of retirement saving to know what to ask (let alone how to interpret the answers). It’s up to plan sponsors and the service providers they employ to guide plan participants along the proper route.
Gov FUBAR, a new Fiduciary battlefield, and imagine a world without 12b-1 or revenue sharing fees…
“Benchmarking your plan’s fees is important step to carrying out your fiduciary responsibilities.”
Evolving Retirement Savings vehicles, Beware the Fiduciary Paper Tiger, and The Magician’s (Fee) Secret.
Investing through mutual funds, including TDFs, is like using mass transportation. It’s not ideal but for many it’s the only realistic choice.
With the pain of the Target Date Fund 2008/09 market crash debacle still lingering in the mind, to best assess the potential fiduciary liability inherent in TDFs – no matter what safes harbors were promised by the PPA – it’s critical that 401k plan sponsors understand what’s good about them, what’s bad about them, and just why they’re so popular.
FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 4/7/17
Bad Things, moving Fiduciary goal posts back, and fees that matter.