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The 401(k)/404(c) Plan Sponsor’s Achilles Heels Redux
With the effective date for the DOL’s new fiduciary standard getting closer, I have been receiving questions and calls from plans and fellow attorneys regarding the various obligations under the new standard. For that reason, I am re-posting an updated … Continue reading
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What the New DOL Fiduciary Standard Will and Will Not Do
As many of you may know, I released my new book on fiduciary law last week. I was immediately flooded with emails asking me why I would release the book before the DOL’s announcement. There is so much misinformation and … Continue reading
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“The Prudent Investment Adviser Rule™: Risk and Liability Management for Investment Fiduciaries”
With the pending release of the Department of Labor’s new fiduciary standard, I am happy to announce that my new book and ebook, “The Prudent Investment Adviser Rule™: Risk and Liability Management for Investment Fiduciaries,: are now available at amazon.com. … Continue reading
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Outsourcing: Panacea or Placebo?
Outsourcing has become a buzzword in the investment advisory industry. I have had many RIA firms tell me that they have outsourced bot their compliance and wealth management functions, allowing them to concentrate solely on marketing and gathering assets. In … Continue reading
2016 So Far and the Levy Decision
I recently posted an article on my blogs about the fact that not everyone is losing money in 2016. I had several people respond negatively, some rudely so, suggesting that I did not understand the cyclical nature of the stock … Continue reading
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401K Mutual Funds Fail Fiduciary Prudence Test
Our recent analysis of the top ten mutual funds in 401(k) plans revealed that 7 of the 10 funds failed to pass our simple fiduciary prudence test. The funds were evaluated based on their five-year performance between 2011-2015. The findings … Continue reading
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Some Common RIA Mistakes That Regulators Are Focusing On in 2016
Going to start the new year with a rather brief, but important, post. The regulators have announced their intent to perform more RIA audits in 2016. Some recent cases have highlighted issues that do not regularly receive the amount of … Continue reading
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Combining the Active Management Value Ratio 2.0™ and the Active Expense Ratio – A More Meaningful Evaluation of Fiduciary Prudence
“The two variables that do the best job in predicting [a mutual fund’s] performance are expense ratios and turnover.”- Burton Malkiel, “A Random Walk Down Wall Street” Registered investment advisers and their representatives are fiduciaries. The courts have consistently held … Continue reading
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ERISA, Fiduciary Duty and the Art of Skinnydipping
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked. – Warren Buffett As followers of this blog know, I normally post once a month. However, I am making an exception due to the importance of the … Continue reading
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Cross-Examining Financial Planning’s Active vs. Passive Study
Financial Planning magazine recently ran an article on their online site purportedly to demonstrate that actively managed mutual funds provide better performance than passively managed mutual funds, such as the popular index funds. Whenever I see such claims, the securities … Continue reading
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