The need for 401k plan sponsors to increase their focus on their fiduciary duties and, specifically, execute strategies with can reduce their fiduciary liability, arises from this New Fiduciary Era in which we find ourselves. Fortunately, the path to implementing these strategies is well worn. It should be easy to accomplish.
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Tale of Two Public Policy Cities, Plato’s Fiduciary Cave, and Frankenstein’s Index Fund
Retirement policy retreads, fiduciary court headlines, and aligning required reporting requirements with investors’ behavior.
Retirement policy retreads, the latest from the front lines of the fiduciary battle, and the WorryMeter and the markets.
A fiduciary who only looks at the most recent reporting period stands to make an unfortunate – and potentially damaging – investment decision… and unnecessarily exposes himself and his company to a liability that can otherwise be easily avoided.
Worse, those held accountable for the potential damage of the flaw are not these detached organizations, but the professionals implicitly promoting the festering error – regular people ranging from bank trustees hired to guard the interests of beneficiaries to retirement plan sponsors and trustees responsible for protecting their employees.
401k past and future, fiduciary conflict, and true portfolios
One way to overcome this lack of purpose is to treat retirement itself as a mission… purpose all comes down to two words: “Get Involved.”
Silly public policy, the coming Fiduciary thing, and the return of classic investing headlines.
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?