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How Investment Theory Explains 401k Plan Sponsors’ Evolving Fiduciary Duties
A three-ring circus might get you excited but, face it, would you rather spend time trying to solve Rubik’s Cube or eating wedding cake?
What is an Appropriate Fee that a 401k Plan Should Pay?
It’s an answer everyone is searching for – and it just might surprise you.
401k Fee Disclosure One Year Later: What We’ve Learned
The DOL’s new 401k Fee Disclosure Rule, while its effectiveness might be suspect, has empowered plan sponsors.
401k Plan Sponsors, Star Trek and Fiduciary Duty
Star Trek’s Fiduciary Rule: The needs of the many (or the client) outweigh the needs of the one (or the fiduciary).
Institute for the Fiduciary Standard Establishes Frankel Fiduciary Prize
Let’s recognize the researchers, scholars, policymakers, regulators and tireless advocates who work to advance fiduciary principles.
Has SEC Unfairly Rigged Its Fiduciary Questionnaire?
The SEC is asking “how do we constrain fiduciary” instead of the other way around.
DOL Smacks 401k Adviser for 12b-1 Fiduciary Breach. Plan Sponsors Next?
An old case suddenly takes on more relevance as the DOL may have Plan Sponsors in their cross-hairs.
Yet Another Independent Study Highlights High Conflict-of-Interest Cost to Retirement Investors
If all these researchers consistently show investors make less money going through brokers, why are brokers still in business?
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