Automating Fiduciary Compliance
Computerizing Fiduciary Controls is a New Business Reality for ERISA Plans Recent changes to ERISA make compliance with its fiduciary rules more challenging than at any time since its introduction in 1974. Many organizations that sponsor ERISA plans lack the needed...Are Conflicts of Interest Harmful…Really?
Out of necessity, a fiduciary’s performance of their duty will drive interactions with vendors of investment advice and administration services. Those interactions all have the potential to create real or perceived conflicts of interest with the trinity of ERISA...The REAL Impact of 408(b)(2)
Organizations that sponsor ERISA retirement plans have long struggled with the complexities of their vendors’ fee arrangements. The Department of Labor (“DOL”) blames much of that struggle on an information gap that divides plan managers and vendors....Year End Takeaways for Plan Administrators
Have you ever been so thirsty on a steamy August day that you drank from a garden hose? Yes, I must admit that I have. I remember falling for this hydration method as a teenager in the midst of my lawn mowing days. It seemed like a good idea at the time, with the...The Significance of a Signature
As I sit here reviewing an investment advisory agreement this morning on behalf of one of our ERISA 3(16) clients, I am reminded of the weight of a client’s duties – not just under ERISA – but under the obligations of the many vendor agreements they will sign on...Contact us…
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