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What If We’re Thinking About 401k Loans The Wrong Way?
That repayment obligation is what makes the argument interesting: if the participant now owes principal and interest to the retirement account, the account may have exchanged one kind of asset for something economically different.
When Index Construction Becomes a 401k Fiduciary Risk
The S&P 500 looks diversified—until you see how few stocks actually drive the returns. As concentration rises, index construction itself is becoming a growing 401k fiduciary risk.
5 Underreported 401k Stories From The Summer Of 2025
Not all impactful changes come from courtrooms or market forecasts. Sometimes the quietest adjustments happen in the administrative framework of retirement plans. This summer, two such moves stood out as underreported 401k stories that carry both promise and peril for fiduciaries.
How To Provide 401k Cybersecurity Training for Participants
But good habits alone aren’t enough. As cyber threats evolve, fiduciaries must look ahead—promoting cutting-edge tools that can outpace tomorrow’s attackers.
Summary of 2024: Navigating the Evolved Fiduciary Landscape for Retirement Plan Fiduciaries
2024 was a year of adaptation for retirement plan fiduciaries who navigated through regulatory changes, legal landscapes, and participant needs with a renewed focus on governance, liability management, and the holistic management of retirement plans.
401k Experts Believe These Are The Most Critical Fiduciary Priorities
Not only do you need to watch the place that holds all the money, you need to watch the pipeline that feeds the money there.
Orphan Accounts Pose Fiduciary Liability To 401k Plan Sponsors
There is an out, of course, but that might eliminate the so-called “institutional pricing” advantage former employees have for staying in the plan in the first place.
Dull, Exclusive, & Generic: Why 401k ‘Education’ Fails To Address Financial Literacy And How To Fix It
There’s a perverse incentive working here, however. The more aggressive a plan sponsor gets in terms of promoting “financial wellness,” the more likely that plan sponsor will accidentally cross some compliance line.
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