Tag: Fees

Products | May 25th, 2010

RidgeWorth Unveils Fee Benchmark Tool

May 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – RidgeWorth Investments has launched an interactive fee benchmarking tool for financial advisers who work with...

Compliance | May 24th, 2010

Fee Disclosure Rides Along with Pension Relief

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Apparently there’s more than pension fixes tucked away in that new jobs...

Products | May 18th, 2010

Putnam Puts Fee Transparency Front and Center

May 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –As part of its redesigned plan sponsor Web site to be launched next month, Putnam...

Compliance | April 29th, 2010

Unisys, Fidelity Win Excessive Fee Case Dismissal

April 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed charges that Unisys Corporation and Fidelity Management Trust Company caused...

Administration | April 23rd, 2010

Federated Says Money Market Fee Waivers to Stay

April 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federated Investors, the third-largest U.S. manager of money market funds, announced that it expects to...

Investing | April 19th, 2010

Mutual Fund Fees Remained Steady in 2009

April 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average expense ratios of stock funds and bond funds rose slightly in 2009, but...

Compliance | April 15th, 2010

Beverly Enterprises Settles 401(k) Plan Excessive Fee Charges

April 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Beverly Enterprises has agreed to settle for $6.25 million claims that it caused its 401(k)...

Compliance | March 30th, 2010

High Court Sides with Investors in Fee Case

March 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a federal appellate court to take another look at its...

Opinions | March 30th, 2010

IMHO: Court “Case”

For all the fuss about fees, a recent friend of the court filing by the Department of Labor reminds us...

Compliance | March 26th, 2010

Solis Asks Court to Overturn Exelon Excessive Fee Case Decision

March 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has filed an amicus brief asking the 7th U.S....

Opinions | March 9th, 2010

IMHO: Income Tacts

I don’t know if you’ve gotten to this point in your year yet, but we’ve started doing taxes...

Administration | February 17th, 2010

Hartford Agrees to $13.8M Revenue Sharing Case Settlement

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A proposed out-of-court settlement of a four-year-old fiduciary breach suit against Hartford Life Insurance Co....

Deals and People | February 9th, 2010

PLANSPONSOR Announces 2010 Plan Sponsor of the Year Finalists

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PLANSPONSOR, the nation’s leading retirement plan resource, today announced the 2009 finalists for its annual...

Opinions | February 8th, 2010

IMHO: Goal Lines

February 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Heading into Super Bowl weekend, a new report focused attention on another “contest”

Compliance | January 28th, 2010

Kraft Excessive Fee Case Thrown Out

January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Illinois has turned away allegations by 401(k) participants at Kraft Foods...

Products | January 27th, 2010

Transamerica to Lower Price for Flexible Income Fund

January 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Asset Management Group announced it is lowering the expense ratio of its Transamerica Flexible...

Products | January 20th, 2010

Lord, Abbett Trims Intl. Funds’ Expense Ratios

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lord, Abbett & Co. has reduced the net expense ratios on two of its funds,...

Compliance | January 19th, 2010

U.S. Supremes Turn Away Hecker Fee Case Appeal

January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A closely watched case involving the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging excessive 401(k) fees by...

Products | January 19th, 2010

BrightScope Unveils Participant 401(k) Fee Report

January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BrightScope has unveiled its new Personal 401k Fee Report for participants.

Administration | January 14th, 2010

CalPERS Releases Placement Agent Disclosures

January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) on Thursday released documents showing that private placement...