Comments on: The Fee War: The Impact of Fees on a Participant’s Future Benefits http://www.deanpiccirillo.com/2010/03/09/impact-of-fees-on-a-participant%e2%80%99s-future-benefits/ Wealth Management, Pensions, Corporate Benefits Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:04:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Do You Know the True Cost of Your Group Variable Annuity? | R. Dean Piccirillo, CFP®, CRPS®, AIFA® http://www.deanpiccirillo.com/2010/03/09/impact-of-fees-on-a-participant%e2%80%99s-future-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Do You Know the True Cost of Your Group Variable Annuity? | R. Dean Piccirillo, CFP®, CRPS®, AIFA® Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:08:56 +0000 http://www.deanpiccirillo.com/?p=446#comment-271 [...] I went on to demonstrate that the plan sponsor could have obtained many of the same investment managers, funds, etc. by using a recordkeeping solution that allowed them to go directly to the fund managers outside of that group annuity shell. The savings available for each fund compared was between 0.05% and 0.55%. In most cases the savings on a per fund basis exceeded 0.25%. These small, incremental savings could add up to a meaningful amount over the course of the particip.... [...] [...] I went on to demonstrate that the plan sponsor could have obtained many of the same investment managers, funds, etc. by using a recordkeeping solution that allowed them to go directly to the fund managers outside of that group annuity shell. The savings available for each fund compared was between 0.05% and 0.55%. In most cases the savings on a per fund basis exceeded 0.25%. These small, incremental savings could add up to a meaningful amount over the course of the particip…. [...]

]]> By: The Fee War: The Impact of Fees on a Participant’s Future Benefits | HBK LLC http://www.deanpiccirillo.com/2010/03/09/impact-of-fees-on-a-participant%e2%80%99s-future-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-256 The Fee War: The Impact of Fees on a Participant’s Future Benefits | HBK LLC Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:37:59 +0000 http://www.deanpiccirillo.com/?p=446#comment-256 [...] other asset-based charges assessed to participants has increased dramatically in recent months.  (Read full article…) Share and [...] [...] other asset-based charges assessed to participants has increased dramatically in recent months.  (Read full article…) Share and [...]

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