Questions to Ask about Your 401k

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Mark Wayne, President and CEO Freedom One Financial Group, tells FOX 2's Murray Feldman that there are certain questions we should all be asking about 401k plans.

What are you doing to ensure that your 401k plan investments are performing?

Are the costs your paying competitive?

Are you on track for retirement?

If you're not on track your future goals, how do you get there?

Play the video to see the full interview.

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From the website, a list of free resources:

401(k) Plans in General

401(k) Risk Management. By Fred Reish
Abuse and Misuse of Access to Participants. By Ian Kopelman
A Tip for Plan Sponsors. By Fred Reish
Best practices for preventing 401(k) plan lawsuits. By Carol I. Buckmann
Corporate plans get poky in pursuing Automatic Enrollment. By Jeff Nash
Is Your Pension Safe? By John Sharp
Learn why you should avoid delaying your retirement plan review for another second.
Participants and 401(k) Expenses. By Fred Reish
RIAs gaining in market for small 401(k)s.
SEC Turning Its Attention to 12b-1, 401(k) Disclosures. Plan Sponsor Magazine
Selecting & Monitoring Service Providers. US DOL
Selecting a Pension Consultant. US DOL
Selecting and Monitoring Pension Consultants. SEC
What kind of provider and adviser should you align your plan with? By Fred Reish

Fee Related Articles

A Look At 401(k) Plan Fees. US DOL
Conducting a Successful Fee Review. PSCA.org
4 Critical Items Plan Sponsors Must Know.
Department of Labor - Fee Disclosure Form.
Disclosure of 401(k) Fees: An Overview for TPAs. By Fred Reish
Federal Watchdog Calls for Greater 401(k) Fee Transparency. By Work Force Management
How are you paying what you don't know?. By Fred Reish
How Much is Enough. By Fred Reish
Shifting Responsibility. By Fred Reish
Spate of Class Action Lawsuits Targets 401(k) Fees and Expenses. By Joe Faucher
Understanding Fees & Expenses. US DOL

Fiduciary Responsibilites

A Fiduciary by Any Other Name... Properly Delegating Fiduciary Responsibility. By James Baker
Fiduciary Focus: Providing Value to Sponsors of Retirement Plans. By W. Scott Simon.
A Conversation with a Fiduciary (Pt 1). By Matthew Hutcheson
A Conversation with a Fiduciary (Pt 2). By Matthew Hutcheson
Beginning at the End. By Fred Reish
Brokers as Fiduciaries: The Reality and the Issues. By Fred Reish
DOL Requires More Due Diligence for 401(k) Advisors. By Savita Iyer
DOL Finalizes Civil Penalities Against Plan Sponsors.
Fiduciary Focus: The Pension Consultant Shell Game (Pt 1). By Scott Simon
Fiduciary Focus: THe Pension Consultant Shell Game(Pt 2). By W. Scott Simon
Fiduciary Focus: Non-Fiduciary Investment Consultants (Pt 1). By W. Scott Simon
Fiduciary Focus: Non-Fiduciary Investment Consultants (Pt 2). By W. Scott Simon
Fiduciary Focus: Non-Fiduciary Investment Consultants (Pt 3). By W. Scott Simon
Fiduciary Focus: Non-Fiduciary Investment Consultants (Pt 4). By W. Scott Simon
Fiduciary Focus: We Ain't Got No Fiduciary Duties. By W. Scott Simon
Individuals May Now Sue 401(k)Plans. By Lisa Shidler
It's time for fiduciaries to get an education. By Jeffrey DuFour
Lessons from Enron (revisited). By Fred Reish
Stepping Out: a Six-Step Program. By Fred Reish
Who Are The Investment Fiduciaries For a 401(k) Plan? By Fred Reish
The Duty to Get Help. By Fred Reish
The Fiduciary Responsibility to be Responsible. By Fred Reish
The Ten Biggest Fiduciary Challenges. By Denali Fiduciary Management
Three Duties. By Fred Reish
Fiduciary Facts. By Morris Armstrong
What It Means to be Prudent Under ERISA. By Fred Reish

Recent Lawsuits

401(k) Fee Disclosure Takes Center Stage. By Lynn Gresham
Chairman Miller, Andrews Announces 401(k) Fee Disclosure Bill.
DOL Action Clears to Way to Distribute $60,000 in 401(k) Assets. US DOL
DOL Orders South Carolina, Company to Restore More Than $1.5 Million to Plan. US DOL
DOL Sues Defunct Company to Protect Participants. US DOL
EBSA Achieves Approximately $1.5 Billion In Total Monetary Results. US DOL
Employer Ordered to Pay $100,000 For Failing to Monitor Providers. US DOL
House Panel Approves 401(k) Transparency Bill. By Kathleen Koster
Labor Department Sues Trustee of Defunct Ohio Company to Recover Profit Sharing Plan Assets.
Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independant Fiduciary for Abandoned 401(k) Plan.
Connecticut Court Rules Pension Trustees Legally Liable to Restore Misused Pension Plan Assets.
The New Take on 404(c): Confusion in the Federal Courts. By Fred Reish

Target Date Funds

DOL and SEC to Hold June 18 Hearing on Target Date Funds Mark Wayne, President & CEO of Freedom One Financial Group to testify
Next generation of target-date funds features plan-specific solutions. By Bill Noyes
Target date funds increase equity exposure. By Lisa Shidler
Target-Dates Useful but Flawed, Witnesses Tell SEC and DoL. By Rebecca Moore
Plan sponsors need better eye for target date funds. By Rebecca Moore