MORNINGSTAR COLUMNS
Managing Accountability
Investment advisors to sponsors of qualified retirement plans such as 401(k) plans might wish to adapt some of the material in this month’s column for use when marketing to other plan sponsors.
The ‘Anti-Participant Rule’ (Part 3)
W. Scott Simon Advisors should know that it’s quite possible the Department of Labor’s proposed rule §2550.404a-5 (what I refer to as the “anti-participant
The ‘Anti-Participant Rule’ (Part 2)
W. Scott Simon The U.S. Department of Labor recently requested another round of comments on its “Proposed Rule on Fiduciary Requirements for Disclosure in
The ‘Anti-Participant Rule’
W. Scott Simon Any discussion about the regulatory effort (i.e., proposed rule §2550.404a-5 set forth by the Department of Labor) or the legislative effort
The Department of Labor Didn’t Say Anything, It Just Talked
W. Scott Simon Among the wonderful memories of my childhood were the times when my little brother and I got to cuddle in bed
The Politics of Reforming Fee Disclosure in Qualified Retirement Plans
W. Scott Simon Ah, ’tis the season again. Not the holiday season, of course, but the political season which, at the presidential level, descends
Fleecing 403(b) Plan Participants (Part 8)
W. Scott Simon In my November column, I gave fair warning that it would “be the last (for now) of my seven-part series on
The Night of the Living Dead Retirement Plan Participants
W. Scott Simon ERISA section 404(a)(1)(A) states that “a fiduciary shall discharge his duties with respect to a plan solely in the interest of
The Ideal Advisor to Retirement Plan Fiduciaries
W. Scott Simon A number of readers of this column have, over the years, asked me how I would describe the ideal investment advisor
Providing Value to Sponsors of Retirement Plans
W. Scott Simon The Pension Protection Act, signed into law by President Bush in August 2006, provides safe harbors for the sponsor of a