All of the service provider disclosures must be made by April 1, 2012. Once the disclosures are made, the focus will shift from service providers to plan sponsors. That is, after plan sponsors receive the disclosed information, they must prudently review and analyze it. In other words, they must engage in a prudent process to evaluate the services and compensation. That will inevitably lead to a benchmarking of service provider compensation.
My partner, Bruce Ashton, and I have written a detailed Alert on that subject for our firm, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP. A copy of that Alert can be accessed through the Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP website, at:
Please copy and paste the link into your browser to access the publication.
