Under ERISA, the monitoring of invested assets is crucial to the fulfillment of a plan sponsor’s fiduciary responsibility. Documentation of the monitoring process is just as important. MidAtlantic performs the following functions on behalf of plan sponsors:
- Continuously monitoring all investment options to ensure that each option is still appropriate for the plan
- Recommending investment option changes, if necessary, as outlined in the monitoring criteria established in the Investment Policy Statement
- Documenting the monitoring process which provides a critical safeguard in the reduction of fiduciary liability