Natalya Shnitser
@natalyashnitser
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Law professor @BCLAW. Interested in employee benefits, retirement security, corporate governance, and public finance.
Joined July 2011
Thank you @womenknowlaw. I welcome feedback on this project and look forward to writing more about the role of collective investment trusts (CITs) both in the retirement savings and corporate governance fields.
Make sure to put some time aside to read Professor Natalysa Shnister’s (@natalyashnitser of @BCLaw) article “Overtaking Mutual Funds: The Hidden Rise and Risk of Collective Investment Trusts” which recently released on the Blue Sky blog!
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As a long-time reader of the @HarvardCorpGov Forum, I was delighted to contribute a post about my article on "The 401(k) Conundrum in Corporate Law.".
Posted: The 401(k) Conundrum in Corporate Law, #corpgov.
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Thanks @greg_shill for your feedback, and thanks @BerkLawBusiness for the opportunity to share this research.
Great post on a great paper, which I had the good fortune to see Natalya present this week. Ann flags a concern that I had as well: that the absence of disclosure around CIT voting (and engagement etc.—things a mutual fund would disclose) short circuits governance. However, 1/2.
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Thanks for discussing my new research on the investment vehicle overtaking mutual funds in retirement plans. I am looking forward to building out the research agenda on "collective investment trusts," which already hold $7 trillion in assets. Draft here:
This week's blog post is about a cool article by Natalya Shnitser on collective investment trusts:.
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It was a pleasure to contribute to the @TheRegReview series on "ESG and Retirement Plan Investing.".
The intense political debate over the interpretation of ERISA’s fiduciary provisions underscores their importance to the current regulatory regime for employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to @natalyashnitser of @BCLAW.
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As the fight over the meaning of "fiduciary" continues, I keep coming back to ERISA's legislative history, and the insight that in the 1970s, "ERISA’s fiduciary provisions were an afterthought." How things have changed.
"They are shooting at Marxists but are hitting capitalists,”.
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An incredibly important and challenging issue in the era of defined contribution retirement plans.
Converting retirement savings into income needs a simple, low cost, flexible automatic solution to guide new retirees. Expecting people to be actuaries or financial experts and deal with complex decisions is not realistic.
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The saga continues! As ERISA approaches its 50th anniversary, the reach of fiduciary obligations in defined contribution plans remains a hotly contested issue. #ERISA.
The latest development in a 13-year saga over the reach of fiduciary standards of conduct that could upset the types of compensation advisers and broker-dealers can earn when they recommend transferring assets outside well-regulated workplace 401(k)s.
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"Retirement plan fiduciaries should be able to consider any factor that maximizes financial returns for retirees across the country. That is not controversial — that is common sense.".
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RT @BCLAW: BC Law welcomes Univ. of Texas Law Prof. Susan Morse to today's Tax Policy and Regulation & Markets workshops! Prof. Morse will….
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Grateful for the opportunity to bring together economists and legal scholars to discuss new research on retirement security. Looking forward to welcoming @DanaMuir to @BostonCollege next week to present her new work on Fiduciary Obligations for Sustainable Investing #ERISA.
.@BCLAW's magazine interviewed @natalyashnitser about the Spring 2022 #RetirementResearch Seminar Series, a new initiative between Boston College Law School and the CRR. Read more about the series, and its last seminar that will take place on 5/25:
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I have learned so much from @RetirementRsrch data and research over the years. Looking forward to hearing from JP Aubry about "How to Improve Private Sector Retirement Savings" at today's interdisciplinary workshop! @BCLAW
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Looking forward to the first session of the Spring 2022 Retirement Research Seminar Series, co-sponsored by @BCLAW and @RetirementRsrch
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RT @BCLAW: BC Law welcomes @ColumbiaLaw Prof. Talia Gillis (@TaliaGillis) to our Regulation and Markets Workshop today at 5pm to present he….
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Thanks @BCLaw Magazine for covering my research on PEOs and other employer-pooling arrangements:
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I suggest that PEOs have the potential to increase access to workplace benefits but also introduce new governance concerns that are not adequately addressed by the existing regulatory framework.
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My latest on Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), which have marketed a “co-employment” model and pitched themselves as a way for smaller employers to offer "Fortune 500" benefits to their employees.
'Professional' Employers and Workplace Benefits: Comprehensive #retirement reform is needed to account for the transformation of #benefits in the #UnitedStates. Read More: Subscribe for Free: @natalyashnitser @BCLAW #LawTwitter
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RT @BCLAW: BC Law is thrilled to welcome 4 full-time faculty scholars in property & community development law, constitutional law, & crimin….
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An important 8-0 opinion affirming that in a defined-contribution plan, "plan fiduciaries must conduct their own independent evaluation" in prudent construction of investment menu, and rejecting 7th circuit focus on participant choice. via @pensionsnews.
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It's never easy to get into the details of #ERISA requirements and plan design, but the outcome in this case will have significant implications for the future of defined contribution plans in the US.
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