About the Author
Chris Carosa
Christopher Carosa, CTFA, is chief contributing editor for FiduciaryNews.com, a leading provider of essential news and information, blunt commentary and practical examples for ERISA/401(k) fiduciaries, individual trustees and professional fiduciaries. With three decades of experience in the investment industry, Carosa has helped create or found a number of financial products and firms including mutual funds, common trust funds, registered investment advisers as well as a billion-dollar trust company. He is also the author of the new book, "401(k) Fiduciary Solutions." Follow Fiduciary News on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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By Chris Carosa |
June 13, 2013
A self-directed brokerage option gives 401(k) investors freedom, but is this decision to give employees unfettered choice really just no decision at all?
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By Chris Carosa |
June 6, 2013
If you’re a 401(k) plan sponsor constantly worrying about failing the annual nondiscrimination test, read this right now.
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By Chris Carosa |
May 31, 2013
What to tell any retirement investor that lacks the confidence to save.
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By Chris Carosa |
May 23, 2013
When the Director of Investor Protection for the Consumer Federation of America says investors don’t respond to “fiduciary,” what’s the alternative?
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By Chris Carosa |
May 17, 2013
If being a fiduciary is all about building trust, what happens when no one trusts the word fiduciary?
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By Chris Carosa |
May 9, 2013
The already jaded consumer can only conclude the debate over fiduciary standard vs. suitability standard is nothing more than Madison Avenue sloganeering.
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By Chris Carosa |
May 3, 2013
I did what apparently few people tried — I actually spoke to producer Martin Smith about the controversy that followed after his documentary aired.
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By Chris Carosa |
April 26, 2013
If industry lobbyists fighting the fiduciary standard had written this SEC release, it wouldn’t have looked much different.
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By Chris Carosa |
April 22, 2013
You’re speeding towards a bridge abutment. You see the bridge abutment. You just can’t tell how far away it is. When do you slow down and begin to veer away?
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By Chris Carosa |
April 19, 2013
The fear of falling happens to be one of those natural fears we’re all born with. Now imagine the same fear induced by a falling market.