Basic Members
401k Retirement Plan Fiduciary Risk & Bonds vs. Bond Funds During Rising Inflation
Normally, interest rates rise with inflation. In turn, bond rates rise with interest rates. But that hasn’t happened. In fact, short rates remain at historic lows. This means folks sitting in money markets or “safe” government bonds (and bond funds) are seeing their retirement savings eroded away.
Fiduciary Challenges For Merging 401k Plans
If you’re a fiduciary of the acquiring plan, you want to make sure you’re not burdened with any unknown liabilities. If you’re a fiduciary of the acquired plan, you want to make sure the merger process doesn’t introduce new liabilities.
401k Fiduciary Focus: How Does Risk Tolerance Harm Retirement Savers?
What would it take to realize the fiduciary liability of overtly using “risk tolerance” metrics? And what can 401k plan sponsors do about it?
After Supreme Court Ruling, Are TDFs A Ticking Time Bomb Of Fiduciary Liability?
The conflicts-of-interest inherent in selecting proprietary funds are apparent. Less so are the criteria used to determine what a suitable process might be.
Exclusive Interview: Terrance Power On Challenges And Surprises Of 401k PEPs In 2021
Beyond the usual gestation period, here are some specific “trigger points” which plan sponsors have reacted to that have accelerated their decision to move into a PEP?
401k Fiduciary Can Of Worms: Managed, Self-Directed, And TDFs! Oh, My!
But that idea contained a flaw. In the early years, limited choices made it easy for employees. The proliferation of the number of options in later years, however, exposed the lack of sophistication within the employee cohort. That can lead to bad decision-making. Alternative solutions were needed.
The Biggest 401k Fiduciary Fireworks, Fizzles, And Flops In 2021
Flops may not be forever. They may just be good ideas before their time. If you’re going to belittle them, you best hurry, because, if you wait too long, you may just discover they aren’t flops anymore. As a result, let’s not waste any time before the shelf-life of these flops expire.
The Top Ten “Must Read” FiduciaryNews.com Articles Over The Past Three Years!
We trust you’ve found the worth of these articles and, over the years past and the years to come, that you have taken and will continue to take from them something of value from FiduciaryNews.com.
Community Links
Tags
Disclaimer
The materials at this web site are maintained for the sole purpose of providing general information about fiduciary law, tax accounting and investments and do not under any circumstances constitute legal, accounting or investment advice. You should not act or refrain from acting based on these materials without first obtaining the advice of an appropriate professional. Please carefully read the terms and conditions for using this site. This website contains links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for, and make no representations or endorsements with respect to, third-party websites, or with respect to any information, products or services that may be provided by or through such websites.