Chris Carosa

About the Author

Chris Carosa

Christopher Carosa, CTFA, is chief contributing editor for FiduciaryNews.com, a leading provider of essential news and information, blunt commentary and practical examples for ERISA/401(k) fiduciaries, individual trustees and professional fiduciaries. With three decades of experience in the investment industry, Carosa has helped create or found a number of financial products and firms including mutual funds, common trust funds, registered investment advisers as well as a billion-dollar trust company. He is also the author of the new book, "401(k) Fiduciary Solutions." Follow Fiduciary News on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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  Is it time to dump “fiduciary”?

  By Chris Carosa  |  May 23, 2013

  When the Director of Investor Protection for the Consumer Federation of America says investors don’t respond to “fiduciary,” what’s the alternative?

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  “Star Trek” premiere and the problem with “fiduciary”

  By Chris Carosa  |  May 16, 2013

  If being a fiduciary is all about building trust, what happens when no one trusts the word fiduciary?

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  For fiduciary advocates only

  By Chris Carosa  |  May 9, 2013

  The newly established Frankel Fiduciary Prize draws a line in the sand.

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  My conversation with Frontline

  By Chris Carosa  |  May 2, 2013

  I did what apparently few people tried — I actually spoke to producer Martin Smith about the controversy that followed after his documentary aired.

• Fiduciary lessons my mother taught me

  By Chris Carosa  |  May 1, 2013

  June Cleaver, Harriet Nelson and Maureen Robinson each represents the iconic mother—and the perfect fiduciary.

• SEC fiduciary questionnaire is fatally flawed

  By Chris Carosa  |  April 25, 2013

  If industry lobbyists fighting the fiduciary standard had written this SEC release, it wouldn’t have looked much different.

• Surviving the 401(k) 'bondocalypse'

  By Chris Carosa  |  April 22, 2013

  You’re speeding towards a bridge abutment. You see the bridge abutment. You just can’t tell how far away it is. When do you slow down and begin to veer away?

• Why ‘safety’ should be last for 401(k) investors

  By Chris Carosa  |  April 16, 2013

  One of the problems folks who admire common sense have with investing is that it often turns common sense on its head.

• Conflicts-of-interest cost retirement investors billions

  By Chris Carosa  |  April 9, 2013

  What's the true cost of (the lack of) a uniform fiduciary standard?

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  A checklist of 401(k) fiduciary responsibilities

  By Chris Carosa  |  April 4, 2013

  The DOL doesn’t want it to be a secret, so it spells out exactly what it expects from the 401(k) plan sponsor and any other fiduciary.