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The InvestSense Challenge for Plan Sponsors: Key Fiduciary Liability Risk Management Questions
James W. Watkins, III, J.D., CFP EmeritusTM, AWMA® I often hear or read plan sponsors and other investment fiduciaries describing how hard their jobs are, how difficult it is to select and monitor their plan’s investment options and avoid fiduciary … Continue reading
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401(k) InvestSense: Focus on Fiduciary Process Over Product
By James W. Watkins, III, J.D., CFP Board Emeritus™, AWMA® People often ask me what is the most common mistake that plan sponsors make, The answer is simple-assuming unnecessary fiduciary liability exposure by focusing on product rather than process. Actually, … Continue reading
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CommonSense InvestSense ERISA 401(k)/403(b) Litigation
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet. – Father Theodore Hesburgh, University of Notre Dame Over twenty years ago, I registered the domain name “investsense.com.” Since then, I … Continue reading
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