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Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 9/3/10
From the Edsel of the mutual fund industry to the “do they really expect us to believe this” of the Fiduciary Standard war to a series of decisions in fiduciary lawsuits, discover the past weeks trending topics.
Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 8/27/10
Too busy for last week’s news? Here’s a quick synopsis of the major news events and trends impacting the ERISA plan fiduciary.
Wall Street Speaks: Fix Washington!
While the passage of Health Care Reform muted the market’s momentum in late March, the Goldman Sachs hearings proved the turning point. The folks on Main Street just lost 10% of their retirement savings in less than a month. You can’t blame Wall Street for that.
3 Reasons to Outlaw Index Investing Right Now (and One Selfish Reason Not To) in 5 Acts
Has index investing become the soma of savers? Does it place employees – and the markets – in harm’s way? By extension, has the 401k fiduciary now assumed a greater liability?
Readers Select Top Fiduciary Stories of 2009: #5 401k Plans Recover Significantly by Year-End
The market boomerang has allowed many 401k participants to recover most, though not quite all, of their losses. A recent study cites three primary factors for this recovery.
Readers Select Top Fiduciary Stories of 2009: #10 The Death of the 401k
The year started poorly for investors, financiers and capitalists. At the nadir of the markets in March of 2009, it appeared the world they had known had ended. But, then, something happened, reminding us all that yes, Annie, the sun will come up tomorrow.
Top Fiduciary Stories in 2009
The topsy-turvy 2009 provided some of the biggest fiduciary stories in years. Which do you think rates as the most important?
Time to Retire Public Employee Pension Plans
Unless and until we can break the momentum of intertwined conflicts-of-interest, the greatest legacy we’ll leave our grandchildren’s children may be an outstanding bill to pay for spiraling public employee retirement benefits.
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