Rather than researching these public records, Mr. Siedle poses rhetorical questions and abstract accusations.
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Edward Siedle is a former SEC attorney and the president of Benchmark Financial Services.
Siedle: From your perspective, has the DOL been doing enough to protect 401k participants?
The Siedle-Robbins debate is available on audio CD from the City of Boynton Beach and is fascinating.
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Hello, my name is Edward Siedle and I am here to talk to you about forensic investigations of pensions.
Siedle, a former SEC attorney who investigates pension consultants, said there are many unanswered questions involving broker consultants who advise pension funds.
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One of the two Americans who disappeared in Mbarara in 1971, whose body was never found, was my father, Robert Louis Siedle.
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The case was originally filed by Standard Investment Chartered, Inc. and Benchmark Financial Services, Inc. (whose owner, Edward Siedle, is a Forbes.com columnist).
Mr. Siedle started the Nashville probe after a KPMG LLP report to the city raised a number of concerns about possible conflicts of interest.
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"The NASD is making representations that are false, " said Ted Siedle, a former SEC lawyer who now has his own firm, Benchmark Financial Services.
In an affidavit filed with the complaint, Edward Siedle, a former attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission and a pension-plan investigator, accused Peter B.
Siedle, who has spent much of his career investigating malfeasance at pension funds, has occasionally been asked to scrutinize the investment activities of a nonprofit.
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Mr. Siedle now owns Benchmark Financial Services, an Ocean Ridge, Fla.
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Please call Ted Siedle at (954) 360-0557 if you are interested.
Siedle: So do you believe these 401k lawsuits have any merit?
"This isn't a wonderful situation, where if everybody stays calm, they will be made whole, " says Edward Siedle of Benchmark Financial Services in Ocean Ridge, Fla.
Barbara LaDue, administrator of the Boynton Beach plan, said there was a meeting last Friday and both Siedle and a lawyer from Sutherland were in attendance.
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The Siedle Directory of Securities Dealers, scheduled to be released in May, may never be published if the National Association of Securities Dealers has its way.
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"Seventy percent of the profits related to these annuity programs come from the fixed account, " says Edward Siedle, who runs Benchmark Financial Services and investigates money-management abuses.
The following material was included in a speech by Edward Siedle, Esq. at a conference sponsored by Sage Advisory Services in Austin, Texas on September 25, 2003.
Siedle: Do you believe 401k investors should receive a specific breakdown of all fees and expenses related to the administration, recordkeeping and investment management of their plan?
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. is attempting in litigation in Florida to thwart publication of The Siedle Directory which details the disciplinary histories of its members.
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Siedle: Recently there have been a number of lawsuits filed against 401k plan sponsors alleging excessive fees and a failure on the part of sponsors to monitor and disclose fees.
But lawyers for the Labor Department and PBGC have stated that they have not conducted forensic audits in the past and do not have such capabilities in-house, according to Siedle.
"It's great that the SEC is finally alerting pensions to the dangers involved in hiring these consultants, " said Edward Siedle , president of Benchmark Financial Services , an Ocean Ridge, Fla.
Thank you, Mr. Siedle, for speaking truth to inanities.
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The Siedle Directory of Securities Dealers provides retail and institutional investors alike with critical information regarding the integrity of all brokerage firms registered with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD).
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