Tag: Fee disclosure

 Following the final Department of Labor (DOL) 408(b)(2) and 404(a)(5) regulations, many providers and plan sponsors were unprepared, but there are best practices to avoid an audit.

Attorneys with the firm Drinker Biddle & Reath have asked the Department of Labor (DOL) to consider a voluntary correction program for service providers failing to meet disclosure...

ExpertPlan Inc. will provide recordkeeping and administrative services for One Capital Management LLC’s Strategic Retirement Solutions Model Program.

Castle Rock Investment Company rolled out the Fee Disclosure Review Service to assist plan sponsors with 408(b)(2) compliance.

The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) re-proposal of the definition of fiduciary is another indication that fiduciary responsibilities are increasing, and broker/dealers in particular could be impacted.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) launched a website that offers information about fee disclosures to help workers with defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

A good quarterly review starts with an effective meeting agenda, panelists told attendees of the 2012 PLANADVISER National Conference.

It’s possible to broaden your practice successfully without running afoul of the rules, Roberta Ufford, principal at Groom Law Group, told conference attendees.

Brokerage windows should not be used to sidestep fee disclosure, a source from the Department of Labor (DOL) stressed. 

Although the 404(a)(5) participant fee disclosure deadline has passed, advisers continue to play an important role in helping plan sponsors and participants understand fee disclosure statements.

“The main thing is… don’t get excited.”

The Center for Fiduciary Excellence (CEFEX) has rolled out a service to help plan sponsors mitigate the risk associated with the selection of service providers.

One in five defined contribution (DC) participants surveyed by LIMRA said they rarely or never read retirement plan disclosures.

The professional retirement plan adviser profession will be fundamentally transformed during the next three years, according to a study from Diversified.

All the controversy regarding the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) guidance about fee disclosures for brokerage windows may have overshadowed its guidance for model portfolios. 

More than half of participants surveyed do not understand retirement plan fees, indicating a need for education before the fee disclosure regulation goes into effect this month.  

Fiduciary Benchmarks (FBi) will provide 408(b)(2) summary disclosure documents and independent third-party benchmarking to ExpertPlan’s 16,000-plus clients.

Plan sponsors are preparing for the first participant fee disclosures to be issued by August 30.