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Who Is Generally Responsible For Designing, Detailing, And Approving The 401k IPS?
There are many different types of plans, particularly when plan sponsors pick a 3(21) or 3(38) adviser. Which service provider arrangement a plan sponsor chooses impacts how the IPS will be constructed – and how the relevant parties contribute to that draft.
What Do Most 401k Plan Sponsors Use: a 3(38) or a 3(21) Adviser?
If you think this evolution is amazing, just wait until you see what changes come about once the 401kMEP starts ramping up.
The One Topic Every 401k Plan Sponsor Must Know Right Now: Fiduciary Education Curriculum (Part III)
Most 401k plan sponsors will readily admit they are not experts when it comes to retirement plans. They understand they have a role in the process. They understand that role carries with it certain fiduciary obligations. They understand (and accept) that role also exposes them to liabilities. This article shows how prudent delegation can mitigate much of that fiduciary liability.
The Meat and Potatoes Topics of 401k Plan Sponsor Training: Fiduciary Education Curriculum (Part II)
If we liken the “5 Critical Topics” to the skeleton and sinew of a plan sponsor’s fiduciary obligation, the “meat and potatoes” topics can be described as its soft underbelly. It is within the routines of these topics that plan sponsors live most dangerously. What are these next two topics and why is it important plan sponsors to dig deep into them rather than simply “read the headlines”?
Exclusive Interview: David Levine: 401k Plan Sponsors Must Separate These Fiduciary Rule Facts from Fiction
“This uncertainty can be very challenging for plan sponsors. If I have to give some basic words of advice to plan sponsors, I simply say ‘stop and take a breath.’”
FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 8/5/16
Dire prediction for Social Security, when it rains it pours (for fees), and two sides of the same investment coin.
FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 1/15/16
The State in Flux, “Fiduciary” as product, and 12b-1 redux.
Will New DOL Rule Contain Fiduciary Surprise for 401k Recordkeepers?
While everyone’s talking about the potential impact the DOL’s proposed new Fiduciary Rule will have on IRAs and the brokerage industry, the greater impact may be on recordkeepers within the 401k industry.
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