Understanding Plan Sponsors’ Fiduciary Duties

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act requires retirement plan fiduciaries to adhere to the duties of prudence and loyalty. What do these mean under ERISA? Who is a fiduciary for your plan? Experts will provide a checklist of actions to ensure your plan is in compliance. Speakers will also discuss prohibited transactions and the processes plan sponsors can use to avoid them.

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Outsourcing and Provider Selection

Selecting plan providers is also a fiduciary responsibility under ERISA. This session will cover what to consider and evaluate when selecting recordkeepers, investment managers and advisers. Speakers will also explain the responsibilities of each party—including the plan sponsor—in a 3(16) fiduciary, 3(21) investment adviser or 3(38) investment manager outsourcing arrangement.

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Benchmarking Investments and Fees

Experts will explain what factors to look at when benchmarking investments, as well as what benchmarks to use to ensure investments are prudent and fees are reasonable. The issue of revenue sharing will also be explained and discussed.

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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act requires retirement plan fiduciaries to adhere to the duties of prudence and loyalty. What do these mean under ERISA? Who is a fiduciary for your plan? Experts will provide a checklist of actions to ensure your plan is in compliance. Speakers will also discuss prohibited transactions and the processes plan sponsors can use to avoid them.

Panelists
R. Bradford Huss, Director, Trucker Huss
Leah Sylvester, Executive Partner, President of Retirement Plans, Shepherd Financial

Selecting plan providers is also a fiduciary responsibility under ERISA. This session will cover what to consider and evaluate when selecting recordkeepers, investment managers and advisers. Speakers will also explain the responsibilities of each party—including the plan sponsor—in a 3(16) fiduciary, 3(21) investment adviser or 3(38) investment manager outsourcing arrangement.

Panelist
Summer Conley, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Experts will explain what factors to look at when benchmarking investments, as well as what benchmarks to use to ensure investments are prudent and fees are reasonable. The issue of revenue sharing will also be explained and discussed.

Panelists
Heather Bader, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Michael Kozemchak, Managing Director, Institutional Investment Consulting