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Where and When Do 401k Fees Still Matter?

    Where and When Do 401k Fees Still Matter?

You can squeeze a tube of toothpaste all you want, but that doesn’t change how much toothpaste it holds. Are we experiencing the same thing with 401k fees, or are they really dropping as much as we think? And, if they are dropping, are they dropping for the right reasons?

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Fiduciary Fear And Loathing In The World Of ERISA

    Fiduciary Fear And Loathing In The World Of ERISA

Thoughtleaders with the veteran experience to sift through the noise and separate the wheat of solid trends from the chaff of tiresome fads. Accurately discerning between the two can mean the difference between long-term sustainability and irretrievably sunk costs.

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FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 12/14/18

    FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 12/14/18

State-Sponsored retirement plans a path to privatizing Social Security? Can a good fiduciary make a bad decision? Is this the beginning of the end of 12b-1 fees?

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FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 11/2/18

    FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 11/2/18

Second thoughts on the new MEP, a growing (fiduciary) consensus, and the return of a Halloween (fee) nightmare.

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What Plan Sponsors Must Do To Avoid Fiduciary Liability From These 3 Common Fee Blunders

    What Plan Sponsors Must Do To Avoid Fiduciary Liability From These 3 Common Fee Blunders

Plan sponsors shouldn’t let these three common fee foibles expose them to unnecessary fiduciary liability.

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FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 5/4/18

    FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 5/4/18

Fiduciary Scorecard: SEC down and DOL out; 12b-1 matters; and TDFs might not (in the way you think they do)

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Is “Active Share” the New Phrenology?

    Is “Active Share” the New Phrenology?

The controversial and decidedly partisan report not only took aim at the policies of the current administration, it entered into the passive/active debate by solely targeting actively managed funds. Worse, the report reveals a rather naĂŻve understanding of mutual funds and investing.

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FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 2/16/18

    FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 2/16/18

States muscle in on Fiduciary Rule, SEC (finally) goes after 12b-1 fees, and lessons from the correction.

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What a Fiduciary Should Know: Down and Dirty with “Clean” Shares

    What a Fiduciary Should Know: Down and Dirty with “Clean” Shares

It will be important for 401k plan sponsors to get down and dirty when it comes to understanding the fiduciary liability implications of “clean” shares and their equivalent. Furthermore, since the most successful class action suits have involved different share classes of the same fund, you can be sure the introduction of “clean” shares will catch the eyes of your not-so-friendly neighborhood class action attorney.

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FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 4/7/17

    FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 4/7/17

Bad Things, moving Fiduciary goal posts back, and fees that matter.

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