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Fiduciary Risk Management 101: Mutual Funds
James W. Watkins, III, J.D., CFP EmeritusTM, AWMA® With all the recent SCOTUS decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University1, there has been a lot of discussion about Prohibited Transactions and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions (PTEs). That is understandable; however, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, 401k compliance, compliance, ERISA, fiduciary, fiduciary investing, fiduciary law, fiduciary risk management, Mutual funds, risk management
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“The Lie of the Pie”: Mutual Fund Marketing “Trickeration”
by James W. Watkins, III The financial services industry likes to use charts…a lot of charts. Attorneys do not like charts. Charts can be confusing and misleading, sometimes deliberately so. One judge told me that after I had argued the … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, 401k compliance, Active Expense Ratio, Active Management Value Ratio, compliance, cost-efficiency, ERISA, fiduciary, fiduciary investing, fiduciary law, Mutual funds
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4Q 2021 AMVR “Cheat Sheet”
At the end of each calendar quarter, InvestSense publishes the 5 and 10-year Active Management Value Ratio (AMVR) scores of the non-index funds in “Pensions & Investments” annual survey of the most used mutual funds in U.S. defined contribution plans. … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, 401k compliance, compliance, cost-efficient investing, ERISA, fiduciary, fiduciary investing, fiduciary law, investing, investment advisers, Mutual funds, retirement plans, wealth management, wealth preservation
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3Q 2021 Top Ten 401(k) AMVR “Cheat Sheet”
When InvestSense prepares a forensic analysis for a 401(k)/403(b) pension plan, a trust, an attorney, or an institutional client, we always do an analysis over five and ten-year time periods to analyze the consistency of performance. Since so many social … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k compliance, ERISA, fiduciary, fiduciary investing, fiduciary law, fiduciary liability, Fiduciary prudence, fiduciary responsibility, Mutual funds, retirement plans, wealth management, wealth preservation
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