401(k) Makeover--Practices for Improving your Retirement Plan June 21, 2012

1 General Recertification Credit

Post financial crisis, the Department of Labor (DOL) has taken a keen interest in retirement plan fee transparency - specifically focusing on retirement plan sponsors and their fiduciary responsibility.

With new sponsor and participant fee disclosures right around the corner (July and August, respectively), it's more important than ever to understand your fiduciary duties. Learn how to identify total costs and hidden fees within your plan, and discover recent trends in plan structure that are adding the most value for participants.

You'll leave this session able to:
- Explain retirement plan costs/fees, including the newly adopted 2012 DOL disclosures [408(b)2 and 404(a)5]
- Outline your fiduciary responsibility and the associated liability
- Make the most of your plan for you and your participants

About the Presenters
Jonathan Leidy CFP(R) is a co-founder and Principal of Portico Wealth Advisors, a firm dedicated to providing best-of-breed retirement plan solutions to Bay Area companies. At Portico, he leads the firm's retirement plan advisory practice. Jonathan is a retirement plan expert having created and managed the retirement plan consultancy division at Salient Wealth Management; a unit representing over $50MM in plan assets.

David Tarantino is a co-founder and Principal of Portico Wealth Advisors, a firm dedicated to providing best-of-breed retirement plan solutions to Bay Area companies. As a 20-year veteran of the financial services industry, David is Portico's primary portfolio architect, providing expert security analysis, allocation recommendations, and fund menus for plan sponsors. An avid student of investment history and current economic data, his broad background and deep experience help anchor the firm's investment policies.

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