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Strengthening the retirement system beyond social security
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Details
- Creator
- Kala E. Upshaw, editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (164 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781613244340, 1613244347, 1607417529
- OCLC
- ocn923655041
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- ""STRENGTHENING THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM BEYOND SOCIAL SECURITY""; ""STRENGTHENING THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM BEYOND SOCIAL SECURITY ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""FEE DISCLOSURE IN DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLANS: BACKGROUNDAND CURRENT LEGISLATION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND ON 401(K) FEES""; ""The Structure of 401(k) Plans and the Impact of Fees""; ""Structure of 401(k) Plans""; ""Types of 401(k) Fees""; ""Documents Required by Current Law""; ""FEE DISCLOSURE LEGISLATION IN THE 110TH""; ""Bill Summaries""; ""Details of 401(k) Fee Legislation""; ""AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION""
- ""PRIVATE PENSIONS: FULFILLING FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS CAN PRESENT CHALLENGES FOR 401(K) PLAN SPONSORS""""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""RESULTS IN BRIEF""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""Fiduciary Obligations under ERISA""; ""The Department of Labor�s Role""; ""Plan Services""; ""SPONSORS DETERMINE A NUMBER OF COMMON PLAN FEATURES, AND THEIR DECISIONS ABOUT INVESTMENT FEATURES HAVE IMPORTANT FIDUCIARY IMPLICATIONS""; ""Plan Sponsors Determine Some Common Plan Features to Establish the Plan""
- ""Sponsors� Decisions about Investment Features Have Important Fiduciary Implications""""PLAN SPONSORS CAN FACE CHALLENGES IN FULFILLING THEIR FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS WHEN BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNCLEAR OR UNDISCLOSED""; ""A Sponsor�s Failure to Clearly Define Fiduciary Relationships Can Lead to Gaps in Oversight""; ""Sponsors Cannot Fulfill Their Fiduciary Obligations without Disclosures about Compensation Arrangements and Potential Conflicts of Interest""; ""Various Ways to Improve Fiduciary Oversight Have Been Proposed""
- ""LABOR MONITORS SPONSORS� OPERATION OF 401(K) PLANS AND HAS MADE PROGRESS ON RECENT REGULATORY INITIATIVES""""Labor Investigates Fiduciary Breaches and Conducts Outreach to Educate Plan Sponsors""; ""Labor Has Made Some Progress on Relevant Regulatory Initiatives but Legislation Could Also Promote Fiduciary Oversight""; ""Status of Initiative on Disclosure by Plan Sponsors to Participants""; ""Status of Initiative on Disclosures by Service Providers to Plan Sponsors""; ""CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY""
- ""RETIREMENT SECURITY HEARING-ORSZAG TESTIMONY""""TURMOIL IN FINANCIAL MARKETS""; ""PRIVATE-SECTOR PENSION PLANS""; ""Defined-Benefit Pension Plans""; ""Defined-Contribution Pension Plans""; ""STATE AND LOCAL PENSION PLANS""; ""HOUSEHOLDS� ASSETS AND RETIREMENT BEHAVIOR""; ""MITIGATING FINANCIAL MARKET RISKS""; ""End Notes""; ""STRENGTHENING WORKER RETIREMENTSECURITY HEARING - AMERICAN BENEFITSCOUNCIL WHITE PAPER""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Defined Contribution Plans Reach Tens of Millions of Workers and Provide an Important Source of Retirement Savings""
- ""Employers Make Significant Contributions Into Defined Contribution Plans""