Products February 25, 2008

401k Toolbox's Managed Account Service Offers Fiduciary Warranty

PMFM's 401k Toolbox's managed account service now offers a fiduciary warranty when the managed account service is used as the Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA) in a qualified retirement plan that utilizes The Guardian Advantage as its funding vehicle.

Reported by

Rebecca Moore

According to a press release from the Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (GIAC) and PMFM, Inc., PMFM warrants that 401k Toolbox satisfies the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) criteria to be an “investment manager” for the participant accounts over which 401k Toolbox will have discretionary control. 401k Toolbox, as a model portfolio service program, also satisfies the definition of a QDIA as required by the Department of Labor (DOL), the company said.

The warranty stipulates that 401k Toolbox will indemnify the plan fiduciaries for any un-reimbursed loss resulting from a breach of 401k Toolbox’s representations, warranties, and covenants and will bear the reasonable costs, including attorney’s fees, of defending a claim that is subject to the warranty.

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“401k Toolbox will be responsible for the prudent investment management of the assets in participants’ QDIA accounts and their QDIA Warranty simply puts in writing PMFM’s commitment to this position” said Dennis Mosticchio, Senior Vice President, Guardian Group Pensions, in the news release.

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