Government policy and the hoi polloi might be leading 401k plan sponsors to disaster. Why?
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Meddling politicians, the infantile Fiduciary debate, a DOL surprise and a totally backwards approach to giving investment advice – what more can you ask for?
Retirees dodge a Washington Bullet, the fiduciary debate heats up, a look into the future with future disclosure and the beginning of the end of Modern Portfolio Theory?
The SIFMA has no Clothes, the next investment fad and “Are you Ready for some Fee-Ball?”
In a week that we featured Investment Due Diligence for 401k plans, a major court ruling shows what happened without such due diligence.
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.
Both sides of the fiduciary debate suggest their view reduces retirement investor costs. They can’t both be right. Luckily, the marketplace offers a real testing ground, leaving only one question: Who does the DOL protect – the industry or the investor?
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A government 401k policy that actually worked, one that won’t work, another that will work and several 401k ideas that will never work.