At The Podium

Sponsored by the SouthWest Benefits Association, the region’s premier organization for employee benefit professionals, and the Internal Revenue Service, the 2013 Plan Administrator Skills Workshop is specifically designed to assist the administrators of employer-sponsored health and welfare, retirement, and executive compensation plans in handling the day-to-day details of the ever-changing world of employee benefits.

At the event held in Oklahoma City on March 22, 2013, McAfee & Taft ERISA attorney Alison Patel addresses the topic of fees and expenses associated with defined contribution retirement plans. Specific issues covered in her presentation, “Benchmarking Fees: Questions You Should Ask Your DC Provider,” include: 

• Understanding variations in 401(k) plan fee structures
• Identifying direct and indirect expenses
• Recordkeeper sources of revenue
• The impact to plan participants
• Plan sponsor consideration