Due Diligence
How a Fiduciary Answers the Individual Stocks vs. Mutual Fund Question
If you’re a fiduciary and you haven’t ask this question, you might want to read this before you make your next decision.
Is “Active Share” the New Phrenology?
The controversial and decidedly partisan report not only took aim at the policies of the current administration, it entered into the passive/active debate by solely targeting actively managed funds. Worse, the report reveals a rather naïve understanding of mutual funds and investing.
4 Specific Examples When “Socially Responsible” Investing Does Not Breach One’s Fiduciary Duty
So-called “socially responsible” investing is not automatically incompatible with abiding by one’s fiduciary duty, however, the cases where it is acceptable are narrowly defined.
How a Fiduciary Should Explain “Growth” and “Value” Investing Styles
These are the times it’s most important for fiduciaries to learn how to say “no” to clients who feel compelled to set their own best interests aside just to chase investment performance. No one is saying that’s an easy job.
When is it OK (and not OK) to mix TDFs with other funds?
Investing through mutual funds, including TDFs, is like using mass transportation. It’s not ideal but for many it’s the only realistic choice.
401k Plan Sponsors Need to Know the Good, the Bad, and Why TDFs are So Popular
With the pain of the Target Date Fund 2008/09 market crash debacle still lingering in the mind, to best assess the potential fiduciary liability inherent in TDFs – no matter what safes harbors were promised by the PPA – it’s critical that 401k plan sponsors understand what’s good about them, what’s bad about them, and just why they’re so popular.
Will the DOL’s New Fiduciary Rule Redefine the Role and Boundaries of Plan Recordkeepers?
Ultimately, it will be the tort bar that offers the enforcement and the subsequent consequence for poor decision making on the part of plan sponsors and service providers. Rest assured all sides will be discover the regulatory fence in their once open fields.
401k Fiduciary Alert: Regulators Targeting 12b-1 Fees, Is Revenue Sharing Far Behind?
You may not remember this, but several months ago the SEC penalized three AIG affiliates $7.5 million for charging $2 million in extra 12b-1 fees as a result of directing clients into these higher fee share classes when less expensive share classes were available (“SEC fines AIG advisors $9.5M,” CNBC, March 15, 2016). If you […] Read Full Article
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