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 ...

Cyber Security was a Hot Topic at TPSU Fiduciary Training Program. Plan sponsors now have more responsibility when it comes to Fiduciary Duty.  Cyber security is now elevated to ...

How Can Plan Trustees Know What Plan Documents to Distribute? Plan Trustees struggle with knowing exactly which plan documents they are required to distribute to 401k plan participants.  After the ...

DOL audits are never fun but they are made worse when a new administrator of the company’s 401k plan just takes over and has to put together information maintained ...

  The stress and complications from a Department of Labor (DOL) 401k audit can be debilitating to a small company. Unraveling compliance problems from the past for financial and ...