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FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 11/16/18

    FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 11/16/18

Two opposing forces, what does “fiduciary” really mean, and, speaking of conflicts-of-interest.

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Do Common Benchmarks Mislead the 401k Fiduciary?

Regulators tend to focus on the measurable, not the meaningful. What may or may not have relevance in the court of law speaks volumes in the court of common sense.

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FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 3/8/13

Tax reform to take bite of 401ks? Can SEC draw fire from both sides? What is ‘Plan B’ for fees?

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FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 1/11/13

403(b) ills, a fiduciary stew and the return of investment performance.

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Mom – The Practically Perfect Picture of a Fiduciary

How would your mother explain your investment options to you?

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Exclusive FiduciaryNews.com Interview with Mutual Fund Fee Myth Busting Professor

Contrary to popular press reports, economic theory clearly suggests paying high fees is justified. Here’s the cruel irony and the greatest danger posed by the myth of high mutual fund fees: by taking back some of the responsibility normally delegated to professional advisers, an active fiduciary may in reality take on a greater fiduciary liability.

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How Recent Shift to Bonds Increases 401k Fiduciary Liability

Diversification does not protect the investor when the entire asset class sinks. A recent study from Hewitt Associates suggests events may be placing plan fiduciaries in a historically precarious position.

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New Study Refutes 4 Mutual Fund Fee Myths

Mutual fund shareholders can’t have their cake and eat it, too. Indeed, a myth busting professor bluntly states “mandatory fee reductions are likely to injure fund shareholders.”

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Time Magazine is Wrong!

If trawling litigators seek to influence friendly juries in any case against an ERISA/401k fiduciary, the Time article offers a very good starting point…And ill-prepared fiduciaries should be shaking in their boots.

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5 Rules for the Fiduciary Seeking to Avoid the Next Madoff

We don’t need more regulation to prevent future Madoffs, we just need common sense (and, perhaps, a tad bit more enforcement of existing regulations). Here are five straightforward rules fiduciaries can follow to avoid their own personal investment Waterloo.

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