What’s up with the anti-401k conspiracy? Is the DOL about to cave of the Fiduciary Rule?
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A funny thing happened on the way to the fiduciary standard lynching and what the world will look like when fees are transparent
Politicians want to milk the 401k cash cow, the DOL catches the industry with its pants down and just who does really benefit from the new Fee Disclosure Rule?
Washington attacks 401k plans as states move to convert DB plans to DC plans, fiduciary advocates take off the gloves, annuities replace TDFs as favorite whipping boy and more.
Lesson: Always read the fine print. If it’s too good to be true, it usually is.
This was the week we were all waiting for from the DOL. What we didn’t expect was the surprise from the IRS and the bipartisan agreement from two former SEC chairmen.
The adage you can’t serve two masters is as old as the Bible. So why are 401k plan sponsors making this mistake and why is the DOL allowing them to do so?
The war for the fiduciary begins to shift arenas, we learn the downside of “low-cost” and all indications are the financial industry still hasn’t learned the root cause of the 2008 crisis.
Focus this week on how to lower 401k plan sponsor liability and an early warning on the coming onslaught of poorly written mass media articles on 401k fees.
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Now we know why Washington has been dissing the 401k, why we lost the war for the fiduciary standard and why investors keep losing money.