Tag: revenue sharing

Callan’s 2019 Defined Contribution (DC) Trends Survey finds more plan sponsors have conducted fee benchmarking, there’s a shift in who is paying fees and trends regarding revenue sharing have changed.

Both parties agreed to dismiss the litigation under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a), and each party will bear its own attorneys’ fees and expenses.

The docket reports for two lawsuits filed against the university say counsel for the plaintiffs and counsel for the university have reported the cases settled.

While the first lawsuit focused on excessive recordkeeping, administrative and investment fees, the new lawsuit focuses specifically on the university’s practices with regard to revenue sharing.

The plan to adopt a fee-leveling approach and rebate revenue sharing to participants comes as many institutions of higher learning face lawsuits challenging their 403(b) plan fees.

The bank admitted that because of “a system error,” revenue sharing payments were not credited to the retirement fund, but says the error has been fixed.

A survey finds a drop in revenue sharing used to pay plan fees, and that half of DC plan sponsors plan to renegotiate fees with providers in 2018.