by Roland|Criss | Feb 27, 2024 | Retirement Plans
Article In its guidance for selecting service providers with strong cybersecurity practices, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) requires plan sponsors to: “Look for service providers that follow a...
by Roland|Criss | Feb 27, 2024 | Retirement Plans
Article Not that long ago, advocacy groups for employee benefit plan (“EBP”) service providers began promoting the notion that “fiduciary excellence” related only to investment decision-making in pension and retirement plans. Revelations of...
by Roland|Criss | Feb 27, 2024 | Retirement Plans
Article Retirement plans qualified under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) should maintain certain policies, according to guidance provided by the Department of Labor (“DOL”). Having well-defined written policies and in...
by Roland|Criss | Feb 27, 2024 | Retirement Plans
Featured Insight In recent years, employers sponsoring retirement plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) have increasingly turned to co-fiduciaries to shield themselves from ERISA fiduciary legal liability. Co-fiduciaries, often seen as a...
by Roland|Criss | Feb 27, 2024 | Retirement Plans
Article Stable value funds and money market funds offer retirement plan participants the lowest level of risk (and investment returns) among investment options. Collectively, they fall into a general category, sometimes called capital preservation funds. A...
by Roland|Criss | Feb 27, 2024 | Retirement Plans
Article Lawsuits against retirement plan sponsors and their plan committee members often allege that the fiduciary defendants breached their duties under ERISA by “selecting and retaining imprudent share classes and investments for the plan.” In light of...