Archive for February 2017
Johnny Depp v. TMG: What are a business manager’s duties of care?
The Question: What standard of care and what attendant duties does a business manager owe to their client? The Answer: It depends on what roles and services the business manager fulfills for their client. A good argument can be made that the business manager owes a similar fiduciary standard of care to their clients as…
Read MoreReconciling the Duty to Diversify
When is the trust capital adequately diversified? Is owning five single family houses in Long Beach, California diversified? Is owning one index mutual fund that holds over 1,000 securities diversified? And what is the trustee to do if the asset that originally funded the trust was NOT diversified?
Read MoreERISA §1104(a)(1)(A)(ii) re Duty to Incur Reasonable Fees
It is fundamental to a trustee’s duties to ensure that expenses incurred by the plan are fair and reasonable. However, when a plan is using one vendor to provide a bundled solution representing various services, determining whether the plan is paying “fair fees” is difficult. But just because it is hard does not mean it…
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