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401k New Year Opportunities
The calendar flipped to 2026, and with it came a fresh crop of 401k new year opportunities. Will this be the year 403(b) plans finally shed legacy costs, SECURE 2.0 provisions hit their stride, and markets remind participants that risk never really sleeps?
401k Christmas Wish List
Viewed through that lens, a 401k Christmas wish list isn’t just about outcomes, but about predictability. A stable rulebook can make it easier to design, monitor, and maintain plans that work in practice as well as on paper.
Lack of Consequences for Small Employers with Poor 401k Plans
In many small employer 401k plans, those pressures combine with poor vendor selection, weak oversight, and minimal participant education to create environments where employees pay more and get less.
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.
The Five-Minute Save: How to Deliver Citable Answers When the Clock Is Merciless
If you’ve ever lost an hour chasing a quote you couldn’t comfortably reference—or hesitated to send a summary because it didn’t feel “file-worthy”—the FiduciaryNews.com Reference Librarian solves that.
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.
AI Advice Tools Demand Fiduciary Oversight in 401k Vendor Relationships
AI-driven participant advice tools have rapidly integrated artificial intelligence into retirement plan vendor platforms. What began as small enhancements to participant dashboards has now expanded into full-fledged robo-adviser services, enrollment coaching, claims processing, and even predictive nudges on savings rates. The promise is clear: AI can personalize advice at scale, improve efficiency, and deliver data-driven […] Read Full Article
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