Tag: Fiduciary

Products | April 27th, 2011

Mutual of Omaha Expands Fiduciary Services to Retirement Plans

April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual of Omaha said it will begin offering a new plan-level fiduciary service option to...

Products | April 25th, 2011

Providers Team up to Provide Fiduciary Services to Smaller Plans

April 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has teamed with Wilshire Associates Incorporated to help plan sponsors...

Benefits | April 25th, 2011

Bright Ideas: Insights from PLANSPONSOR's Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year and Finalists

April 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sister publication PLANADVISER recently introduced the winners and finalists for the 2011 PLANSPONSOR Retirement...

Compliance | April 22nd, 2011

Law Firm Supports Making ESOP Valuators Fiduciaries

April 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Unlike other commenters on the Department of Labor’s proposed redefinition of fiduciary, the law firm...

Opinions | April 21st, 2011

IMHO: Expert Opinions

April 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I learned a long time ago that when it comes to things like automobile...

Reader Responses | April 14th, 2011

SURVEY SAYS: Do You Benchmark Your Retirement Plan Fees?

April 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There’s a lot of discussion about the fees paid by workplace retirement plans.

Opinions | April 6th, 2011

IMHO: Mixed Messages

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We had wrapped up a very successful half-day adviser event ahead of our annual...

Products | March 31st, 2011

TIAA-CREF Adds Fiduciary Services Option

March 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Through a relationship with Ibbotson Associates, TIAA-CREF now offers plan sponsors an additional option for...

Opinions | March 30th, 2011

IMHO: Comparison “Points”

March 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Every year about this time, we get reports from firms that purport to tell...

Products | March 30th, 2011

M Financial Connects with Fiduciary Benchmarks, BlackRock

March 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Benchmarking firm Fiduciary Benchmarks has announced a strategic partnership with M Financial...

Compliance | March 28th, 2011

Fiduciary Definition Change Comment Period Set to Close April 12

March 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal regulators have announced that the deadline for public comment about whether the term “fiduciary”...

Opinions | March 23rd, 2011

IMHO: Court Costs

March 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week brought to light an aspect of 401(k) litigation that doesn’t...

Compliance | March 21st, 2011

DoL Announces “Fiduciary Responsibilities” Webcasts

March 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration will sponsor “Getting It Right –...

Administration | March 21st, 2011

Sun Trust Served with 401(k) Suit

March 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR,com) – A retiree has sued Sun Trust Banks, alleging that it favored investment...

Compliance | March 18th, 2011

ASPPA Reiterates Support for DoL Fiduciary Definition Deliberations

March 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Declaring that prior reports of its position on the Department of Labor’s (DoL) proposed regulation...

Compliance | March 8th, 2011

EBSA Extends Comment Period for Fiduciary Definition Change

March 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Those wishing to comment on a pending regulatory proposal to revamp the definition of a...

Deals and People | March 3rd, 2011

Reish & Reicher Realigns

March 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There are some changes afoot at one of the nation’s premier ERISA...

Reader Responses | March 3rd, 2011

SURVEY SAYS: Do We Need a New Fiduciary Definition?

March 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We’ve now moved from a proposed new (and expanded) definition of fiduciary to hearings...

Compliance | March 2nd, 2011

EBSA Faces More Criticism on Definition of Fiduciary Proposal

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a second day of testimony regarding the Department of Labor’s proposed change to the...

Compliance | March 1st, 2011

J.P. Morgan Asks for Clarification on Redefinition of Fiduciary

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan believes that the proposed regulations to change the definition of fiduciary should be modified...