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Second Look at Headline Grabbing 401k Fee Survey Reveals Major Questions
In the rush to get the headline, did the mass media just do a grave disservice to 401k plan sponsors and investors?
Survey Threatens SIFMA/FSI Fiduciary Positions
There’s no turning back. The cat is out of the bag. Regulators or not, the marketplace seems to have already made the decision to adopt the fiduciary standard.
New 408(b)(2) “Guide”: Not Necessarily What 401k Plan Sponsors Hoped For
401k plan sponsors may discover the Fee Disclosure Rule may be more hazardous than healthy.
401k Plan Sponsor Warning: DOL May Sacrifice Fee Purity for Fee Transparency
A simple example shows how liability can increase when using 12b-1 and revenue sharing fees.
Should 401k Plan Sponsors Sell Their Souls for One-Stop-Shopping?
Are the purported lower fees of bundling real, or are they a figment of some marketing department’s imagination? Worse, are bundled services really a fiduciary trap?
Study Shocker: 9 of 10 401k Plans Exposed to Increased Conflict-of-Interest Risk
Worse, “all-in” might not be all it’s meant to be, possibly invalidating other results from the same survey. Here’s why.
Study Reveals Five Factors That Help Lower 401k Fees
The ICI comes out with a study that makes it look easy, but what’s the catch?
Industry Fights Hard to Exclude IRAs from Fiduciary Standard
Is this the last gasps of a dying business model whose ruins new life seems destined to find rebirth?
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