Tag: Fees

Products | January 31st, 2011

Principal Offers Fee Disclosure White Paper for Plan Sponsors

January 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new white paper from the Principal Financial Group—authored by ERISA expert Jamey Delaplane of...

Products | January 19th, 2011

AdvisorShares Lowers Expense Cap on GTAA ETF

January 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AdvisorShares, a sponsor of actively managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), announced it is lowering the...

Products | January 5th, 2011

Prudential Q Shares Addresses Fee Transparency Needs

January 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Prudential Investments has announced the launch of its Q Share class for select mutual funds -...

Products | December 21st, 2010

SPARK Announces Effort to Develop Standards for Fee Disclosure

December 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has issued a Compliance Alert regarding potential fee disclosure problems and fiduciary...

Administration | December 9th, 2010

Asset Fees for Most Alternatives Dropping

December 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asset management fees for most non-traditional asset classes have fallen following increased scrutiny from cost-conscious...

Benefits | December 6th, 2010

To Cut 401(k) Costs, Look at Investment Expenses

December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average total plan cost for a small retirement plan (100 participants) is 1.33%, while...

Benefits | November 30th, 2010

Impact of Fee Disclosure on 403(b)s

November 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – New fee disclosure rules from the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) present unique challenges to...

Administration | November 18th, 2010

Are You Due for a Provider Check-up?

November 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asked how often they formally evaluated their DC provider, larger programs were...

Ask the Experts | November 17th, 2010

(b)lines Ask the Experts – Fee Disclosure and Annuity Contracts

November 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – Will the new fee disclosure rules for disclosures from service providers to plan fiduciaries...

Opinions | November 16th, 2010

IMHO: “Sure” Things

November 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a very real sense, this has been a “rebuilding” year for many plan...

Administration | November 8th, 2010

ICI Tears Into 12(b)1 Proposal

November 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The mutual fund trade industry’s voice has weighed in on the 12(b)1...

Products | October 28th, 2010

ING Cuts Fund Expense Ratios

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ING Investment Management has reduced the expense ratios for the "I" shares of five of...

Administration | October 22nd, 2010

NJ Pension Fund Negotiating Asset Manager Fee Cuts

October 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey’s $70.2-billion state public pension fund is negotiating reductions in fees and expenses for...

Opinions | October 17th, 2010

IMHO: Paper “Trail”

October 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week, the Department of Labor reissued its proposed regulation on participant...

Products | October 15th, 2010

PlanTools Ratchets up New Fee Disclosure Solution

October 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan fiduciaries looking for some assistance in dealing with the new plan...

Compliance | October 14th, 2010

EBSA Releases Final Participant Fee Disclosure Rule

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) on Thursday released its long-awaited final rule governing a...

Products | October 13th, 2010

Putnam Enhances Disclosures to Plan Participants

Putnam Investments is introducing a fee module on its plan participant Web site that it says will offer transparent and...

Compliance | October 6th, 2010

DoL Urges Unisys Fee Case Reversal

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Pennsylvania made a mistake when he threw out a 401(k) excessive...

Opinions | September 29th, 2010

IMHO: Listening Post

September 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I recently found myself turning back to my notes from the PLANSPONSOR National...

Administration | September 17th, 2010

Expense Ratios for Plan Investments Ticked Up in 2009

September 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants in 401(k) plans that were invested in mutual funds, on average, paid slightly higher...