Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #93: Correction of Failures to Satisfy PTE 2020-02
Key Takeaways The DOL’s expanded definition of fiduciary advice is described in the preamble to PTE 2020-02. When conflicted fiduciary advice is given to retirement investors (that is, retirement plans, participants (including rollovers), and IRA owners), it results in prohibited transactions under the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA. But the PTE then provides relief for […]
Best Practices for Plan Sponsors #12
Lessons Learned from Litigation (#5)—The Johns Hopkins Case This is the twelfth in a series of articles about Best Practices for Plan Sponsors. To be clear, “best practices” are not the same as legal requirements. Instead, they are about better ways to manage retirement plans. In many cases, though, “best practices” also are good risk […]