Terry Morgan
Is Your Plan Ready For The SECURE 2.0 Plan Amendment Deadline?
The SECURE 2.0 Plan Amendment Deadline is approaching, and good-faith operational compliance will not finish the job. A plan may have followed the new rules for years, yet still face a serious defect if its written terms do not catch up by December 31, 2026. For many non-governmental, non-collectively-bargained qualified plans, the end of 2026 […] Read Full Article
What Advice Would The Founding Fathers Give On Saving For Retirement?
The retirement system itself has undergone a revolution. The Congress that oversees retirement policy today would have been unrecognizable to the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. ERISA, enacted in 1974, created a comprehensive fiduciary framework that would have been unimaginable to Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, or Hamilton.
401k Fiduciary Rule Limbo Exposes Plan Sponsor Risk
The 401k Fiduciary Rule limbo is here. The regulation is gone. The risk is not. With the formal vacating of the 2024 “Retirement Security Rule” effective April 20, 2026, plan sponsors are once again operating without clear regulatory direction. The expected replacement rule has not yet arrived. Committees are left navigating a familiar but uncomfortable […] Read Full Article
Why Doesn’t Anyone Care About Their 401k Anymore?
When participants assume alignment without verification, problems remain hidden until they are too large to ignore. Misalignment doesn’t announce itself—it compounds quietly, year after year.
The Fiduciary Dilemma That Refuses to Die: The Conflicted Merit of 3(38) and 3(21)
Seasoned advisors caution plan sponsors not to confuse delegation with disappearance. Every fiduciary duty can be shared. None can be erased.
How Fiduciaries Implement 401k Risk Capacity
The key is embedding quantitative prompts inside onboarding experiences so participants perceive personalization while fiduciaries collect the data they actually need.
Should The 401k Fiduciary Use Risk Tolerance or Risk Capacity?
Risk capacity anchors 401k advice in hard data—income stability, net worth, liquidity, and retirement timeline. Unlike tolerance, which shifts with market moods, capacity reflects what participants can afford to lose, aligning with ERISA’s fiduciary duties.
3 ‘Must Do’ Practices To Become A Better 401k Professional Fiduciary
It’s tempting to turn your attention to your company, some academic theory, or even—hush!—“best practices.” The truth is, as a fiduciary, you only have one job.
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