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Rick Meigs:  We need Schwab in the marketplace and this is a very positive move for Schwab.

RIAs stay the course in holding Schwab to its promise of an RIA-in-charge 401(k) plan with a promising result

Only when RIAs proved they'd only take 'yes' for an answer on open architecture and themselves installed as fiduciaries did their San Francisco-based custodian yield with just a minor Morningstar contingency

November 3, 2015 at 8:07 PM

Jacob Adamczyk: Some of them are filled with conflict because they are stuffed full of proprietary funds selected by the fund company -- if the underlying investments can be determined at all.

Why I use target date funds for some 401(k) clients in my RIA but with exaggerated scrutiny and care

The set-and-forget products have enormous potential for good but may also be a fiduciary nightmare

March 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM

Steve Anderson: None of the consultants are utilizing our business model.

Schwab 'fesses up to Wall Street just how hard winning plan sponsors to its 401(k) ETF platform will be

Convincing plan sponsors and pension consultants to join a ETF paradigm shift to ETFs is a big ask, its executives tell Wall Street

February 18, 2014 at 4:11 PM

Larry Deatherage: We could find 500 other participants who would counteract what was said on 'Frontline.'

How an LPL-owned 401(k) afterthought zoomed from $6.5 billion to $10 billion with help from reps -- and thinking big

The former NRP duo demurred overtures three years ago from wirehouses and big competitors and now counts Qualcomm, Petco and In-N-Out burger as clients

November 7, 2013 at 5:53 PM

Ron Rhoades: Here is the rub: the plan sponsor has great difficulty holding the "retirement plan consultant" to account, given the low standard of conduct applicable to measure the potential liability of a non-fiduciary consultant.

Legal analysis: Why the Yale 401(k) letters, limits aside, should raise an alarm to plan sponsors

Ayres may not have it all letter perfect but his basic points have a legal basis

August 19, 2013 at 5:27 AM

Ron Rhoades: Wall Street and the large U.S. banks have captured our regulatory bodies and Congress, to the detriment of individual American investors.

Why keeping FINRA from ruling RIAs is critical to these firms, the investor -- and even the U.S. economy

In Part 1 of a four-part series, our One Man Think Tank pulls back the lens to look at how the resolution of the fiduciary furor could reverberate nationwide

June 24, 2013 at 4:03 AM

Brendan Little: Litigation serves as an important deterrent by identifying and penalizing those service providers that are responsible for the egregious fees.

An attorney explains where the 'trail goes cold' in PBS' 'Retirement Gamble'

Just where the line is between a legal and illegal 401(k) plan is important to know

May 21, 2013 at 5:52 PM

Scott Pritchard: A plan sponsor said recently: 'Other issues are just bigger than the 401(k) plan. As long as it's low-maintenance, then I’m happy.'

The PBS 'Frontline' 401(k) documentary names suspects but leaves out major culprits of the theft of the American retirement

Wall Street charges excessive hidden fees, but it's all within the bounds that the system allows

May 8, 2013 at 6:20 AM

Scott Pritchard: Wall Street lawyers had plenty of time between 2007 and last July to create slight-of-hand ways to "disclose" these fees without providing meaningful transparency.

Why 408(b)(2) is a flop for the 401(k) business and how RIAs can turn it around

The disclosure requirement sat around so long that workarounds got developed and employers got comfortable in the boiling water

April 10, 2013 at 5:23 PM

 Jack Waymire: How are you supposed to recall the details of a conversation that took place three years ago?

9 ways RIAs can get a leg up by using a pillar of pension plans -- a written contract

Words and a handshake are well and good, but and IPS is forever, and your client will thank you for it

February 20, 2013 at 5:56 PM

Sheldon Geller: Fee-only advisors have, by their choice of compensation, eliminated most, if not all, conflicts inherent in the marketplace.

How RIAs can rule the 401(k) realm by becoming advocates for plan sponsors -- and start by eliminating eight marketplace conflicts

Brokers can still claim an edge with their knowledge of DC administrative matters but that's a bowling pin ready for the toppling

February 14, 2013 at 5:36 AM

Amy Reynolds: Handing retirees a lump sum check and wishing them 'good luck' doesn't cut it.

10 essential steps that 401(k) plan sponsors need to take in 2013 to put clients on the right road to retirement

Developing white-label and spend-down strategies for all DC plans is important and carefully explained here

January 16, 2013 at 5:25 AM

Phyllis Borzi is poised to continue her mission of protecting 401(k) investors in 2013: "The laws need to keep up."

10 most influential individuals in the 401(k) industry affecting RIAs in 2012, Part 2

Executives and lawmakers are leading the charge on a fast-shifting landscape as retirement funds gain increasing importance to an aging US population

January 4, 2013 at 5:10 AM

Readers most 'liked' a May story that featured an enigmatically unpeopled office (think IPO cash) and some old fashioned gumshoe reportage.

RIABiz' 10 most-read stories of 2012: What fascinated you and why

Facebook, fallout from DOL's new 401(k) regs and happenings at Advizent, Addepar and Windhaven were reader catalysts

December 26, 2012 at 4:44 PM

Dorann Cafaro: We should be worried.

Big chill: Worried RIAs and other 401(k) leaders gather in Chicago in hopes of saving the goose

It's no sacred cow like Social Security and the industry image is laboring because saving rates, returns, hidden fees and enrollment levels are none too great

October 23, 2012 at 3:33 AM

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