Fiduciary Responsibilities: A Simple Primer for 401k Plan Sponsors. What are the basic fiduciary responsibilities of a 401k and 403b plan sponsor? How can plan sponsors best fulfill them? ...

Revenue Sharing – What is it Good For? Absolutely Nothing! Founding TPSU Adjunct Lecturer Jim Pupillo at Hightower in Arizona comments on the role of revenue sharing which was ...

401k Plan Fees are only Part of the Equation. At the conclusion of a TPSU Fiduciary Education Program, there was an in-depth conversation between Fred Barstein, Founder and CEO of ...

Fee Disclosure and Revenue Sharing – DC Plan Sponsors Struggle. If you don’t understand or know about revenue sharing in your defined contribution (DC) plan, don’t feel bad – ...

Many HR and finance people that run their organization’s defined contribution (DC) plan like a 401k or 403b are unaware of the significant fiduciary risk under ERISA. At a ...

Retirement Advisor Designations – What do they Mean to a Plan Sponsor? Retirement Plan Sponsors accept a monumental task when they agree to serve as plan fiduciaries to qualified retirement ...

Retirement Plan Auditors that Dabble Create Risk for Plan Sponsors. Following a Fiduciary Education Program at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, Bruce McFadden, a Certified Public Account, ...

Plan Audit Red Flags – Automation Plays Important Role. Immediately following a recent Fiduciary Education Program held at the University of Georgia, Bruce McFadden, a Certified Public Account, at ...

Should plan sponsors carry fiduciary insurance? With all the talk about the DOL’s fiduciary rule along with the rash of 401k lawsuits, committee members of defined contribution (DC) plans ...

401k Plan Participant Beneficiaries are Difficult to Keep Current. During a recent Fiduciary Education Program at Rutgers University Fred Barstein, Founder of The Plan Sponsor University (TPSU), interviewed, Pedro, one ...