SURVEY SAYS: What's Your Take on Asset-Based Fees?
February 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For years now our industry has relied on asset-based fees; first to provide compensation for...
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403(b) Webcast Series: Reducing Fiduciary Risk
February 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the first of PLANSPONSOR’s 2011 403(b) Webcast series, sponsored by Fidelity Investments, speakers discussed...
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DALBAR Announces Fee Disclosure Solution
February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DALBAR and FiduciaryPlanReview.com announced a joint venture to help deliver the fee disclosures required by...
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IMHO: Service Charges
February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As Valentine’s Day approached, you may have seen a series of increasingly ubiquitous advertisements for...
EBSA Sets New 408(b)(2) Deadline for January 2012
February 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has delayed by six months...
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BPAS to Offer 408(b)(2) Data via Fiduciary Benchmarks
February 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Recordkeeper BPAS has partnered with Fiduciary Benchmarks to provide 408(b)(2) summary disclosure documents and independent...
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MSSB Offers Benchmarking Services for DC Plans
February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced its retirement plan services offering now includes detailed fee and...
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Principal Offers Fee Disclosure White Paper for Plan Sponsors
January 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new white paper from the Principal Financial Group—authored by ERISA expert Jamey Delaplane of...
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AdvisorShares Lowers Expense Cap on GTAA ETF
January 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AdvisorShares, a sponsor of actively managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), announced it is lowering the...
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Prudential Q Shares Addresses Fee Transparency Needs
January 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Prudential Investments has announced the launch of its Q Share class for select mutual funds -...
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SPARK Announces Effort to Develop Standards for Fee Disclosure
December 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has issued a Compliance Alert regarding potential fee disclosure problems and fiduciary...
Asset Fees for Most Alternatives Dropping
December 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asset management fees for most non-traditional asset classes have fallen following increased scrutiny from cost-conscious...
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To Cut 401(k) Costs, Look at Investment Expenses
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average total plan cost for a small retirement plan (100 participants) is 1.33%, while...
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Impact of Fee Disclosure on 403(b)s
November 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – New fee disclosure rules from the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) present unique challenges to...
Are You Due for a Provider Check-up?
November 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asked how often they formally evaluated their DC provider, larger programs were...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Fee Disclosure and Annuity Contracts
November 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – Will the new fee disclosure rules for disclosures from service providers to plan fiduciaries...
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IMHO: “Sure” Things
November 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a very real sense, this has been a “rebuilding” year for many plan...
ICI Tears Into 12(b)1 Proposal
November 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The mutual fund trade industry’s voice has weighed in on the 12(b)1...
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ING Cuts Fund Expense Ratios
October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ING Investment Management has reduced the expense ratios for the "I" shares of five of...
NJ Pension Fund Negotiating Asset Manager Fee Cuts
October 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey’s $70.2-billion state public pension fund is negotiating reductions in fees and expenses for...