Administration | August 23rd, 2009 FAAF/EC – Your Money's Worth Plan sponsors are increasingly focused on fees - how they can impact net returns, and the implications of a heightened...
Products | August 11th, 2009 Group Says it Will Look Into Brightscope Data August 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move it says was "stimulated by inquiries from pension plan sponsors, investment advisors,...
Products | July 29th, 2009 BrightScope Launches 401k Plan Management Dashboard July 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BrightScope, a 401k ratings and analytics firm, has rolled out what the firm calls a...
Products | July 28th, 2009 Putnam Announces Sweeping Changes to Fees on Retail Funds July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments and the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds announced that the firm...
Compliance | July 10th, 2009 Treasury Proposes Legislation to Strengthen SEC Authority July 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Treasury has delivered to Congress proposed legislation to strengthen the Securities...
Administration | July 9th, 2009 Domestic Equity Trade Commissions Headed Down July 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. equity brokers say the pool of commission dollars they earn on institutional trades of...
Compliance | June 26th, 2009 7th Circuit Panel Limits Ruling's 404(c) Effects June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with pressure to take another look at its February 2009 decision in a widely...
Compliance | June 25th, 2009 Smith Barney Fails to Get Pension Case Moved out of Court June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has declined to enforce arbitration...
Compliance | June 24th, 2009 Miller 401(k) Fee Disclosure-Advice Bill Heads for House Floor June 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A closely-watched U.S. House bill mandating comprehensive 401(k) fee disclosures and dealing with plans providing...
Benefits | June 22nd, 2009 Workers Don't Want Overload of Fee Info June 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When asked what level of detail they would like to receive in information about retirement...
Compliance | June 17th, 2009 ABC Suggests Improvements to Fee, Advice Bills June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Pensions and Labor has approved The 401(k) Fair Disclosure...
Compliance | June 11th, 2009 Another Fee Disclosure Bill Introduced in the House June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts) has introduced legislation that would require administrators of 401(k) plans...
Products | June 1st, 2009 DWS Investments Unveils Fee Report June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DWS Investments - Americas, the U.S. retail unit of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division, has...
Administration | May 5th, 2009 Schwab Slashes Fund Expense Ratios May 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Investment Management announced it has moved all equity and bond funds to a...
Administration | April 29th, 2009 ICI Counters 401(k) Plan Negativity April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent media reports on 401(k) plan losses, excessive fee suits, and the move many sponsors...
Compliance | April 22nd, 2009 Legislators Introduce 401(k) Fee Disclosure Bill, Hear Testimony April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee...
Products | April 20th, 2009 Schwab Makes Target Funds Enhancements April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Investment Management, the asset management arm of the Charles Schwab Corporation, has announced...
Products | April 20th, 2009 Schwab Makes Target Funds Enhancements April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Investment Management, the asset management arm of the Charles Schwab Corporation, has announced...
Administration | April 14th, 2009 Study Says Average 401(k) Fee = 72 bps April 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study of 401(k) fees finds that the median fee was 72 basis points...
Investing | April 13th, 2009 ICI: Mutual Fund Fees Down…For Now April 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average fees and expenses that investors paid on mutual funds fell in 2008 to...