Tag: Fee disclosure

The SPARK Institute has issued a Compliance Alert regarding potential fee disclosure problems and fiduciary issues for plan sponsors and certain providers of plan investment options.

Thanksgiving has been called a “uniquely American” holiday, and one on which, IMHO, it is fitting to reflect on all for which we have to...

The morning after last week’s mid-term elections, a plan sponsor friend of mine called me up and asked me what I thought it all meant.

The SPARK Institute sent comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the potential impact on retirement plan intermediaries due to the proposed rule regarding mutual...

Advisers are facing several new challenges in the “post-recession” climate, and many feel that they have to tackle these challenges on their own, according to a survey conducted...

The former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) said the fiduciary definition proposal by the DoL is addressing issues already addressed...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has accused four money management firms of violating their fiduciary duties by causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to pension...

Last week, the Department of Labor reissued its proposed regulation on participant fee disclosure. 

If you're looking for some assistance in dealing with the new plan fee disclosure regulations, there is a a new solution on the market. 

The paper by ERISA attorney Jamey Delaplane is part of several additions to Principal’s Web site dedicated to fee disclosure education.   

 For advisers these days, disclosing fees is more important than what they make or how it is paid. 

With our PLANADVISER National Conference just one week away, I found myself turning back to my notes from the PLANSPONSOR National Conference in June.    

Last week the Department of Labor released its “interim final regulation” under ERISA Section 408(b)(2) related to the disclosure of fees by service providers.

After months of anticipation, the Department of Labor (DoL) has released its interim final rule on fee disclosure.

While the spate of revenue-sharing suits has—for the moment, anyway—faded into the background, fees remain one of the most hotly debated topics in our industry. ...

 A federal judge has approved a $13.8 million revenue-sharing based settlement between a provider and the 401(k) plans it supports, but lawyers will take nearly half.

Some of the pension changes incorporated in pending legislation in the House may not make it to the Senate version.

The SPARK Institute has expressed its opposition to the defined contribution plan fee disclosure provision in the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213).