The 401(k) Plan Blog

A forum to discuss all issues pertaining to qualified retirement plans; including 401(k), profit sharing, defined contribution, defined benefit and employee benefits. Included will be fiduciary responsibility and liability, ERISA Sections 3(21) and 3(38), Fee Disclosure, fiduciary delegation, discretionary trustees, participant education, plan governance, Defined Goal investing, mutual funds, collective funds (CIFs), ETFs, Asset Allocation Models, Target Date/Risk and glide paths.

Monday, July 7, 2014

Discretionary Trustee vs. Inv. Mgr. or other fiduciary roles

An old colleague and current competitor of mine, and ours at my firm recently put out a very nice blog post articulating some of the nuances of the trustee role in context vs. other fiduciary roles, Investment Managers and directed trustees. Certainly worth a quick read, linked here.

http://pentegra.com/expertise/current-thinking/misconceptions-about-the-three-principal-fiduciary-roles-in-a-retirement-plan-the-trustee.aspx

Enjoy!
Jason