by Roland|Criss | May 23, 2023 | Retirement Plans
Article Senior finance and human resources leaders need to be fully informed about who their employee benefit plans rely on for services because many third-party vendors now delegate primary functions to other contractors. These 4th (and nth) party “subservice”...
by Roland|Criss | May 10, 2023 | Retirement Plans
Article The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) contains a provision that a contract or arrangement for employee benefit plan services and the fees for those services are reasonable, the so-called “Fee Rule.” It is not well...
by Roland|Criss | Mar 29, 2023 | Retirement Plans
Article Data Security Policy is a Fiduciary Imperative It is reasonable to assume that finance and human resources executives consider protecting their employee benefit plans (“EBP”) participant data a vital duty. Questions remain unanswered, however,...
by Roland|Criss | Mar 29, 2023 | Retirement Plans
Article Supply Chain Management Service providers to retirement plans are changing their stripes. That makes the job of selecting and monitoring them more challenging than ever. Every business uses an interconnected “supply chain” to create its...
by Roland|Criss | Mar 29, 2023 | Retirement Plans
Article Written Governance Policies are Vital By outlining the measures to take when different situations emerge, having clear rules and procedures for ERISA-qualified retirement plans, as an example, enables fiduciaries to execute their duties efficiently and...
by Roland|Criss | Mar 29, 2023 | Retirement Plans
Article A Strategy for Employee Benefit Plan Management A critical legal duty accompanies the responsibility of employers to manage their employee benefit plan (“EBP”) complex fairly and safely. Tactics for managing the associated risks are not intuitive and...