Edward Siedle

President @Benchmark Financial Group, Inc

Edward “Ted” Siedle, is the nation’s leading expert in forensic investigations of pensions, focusing upon excessive and hidden investment fees and risks, conflicts of interest and wrongdoing. A former SEC asset management lawyer and industry executive with over 40 years experience, he has investigated over $1 trillion in retirement plans. In 2017, Siedle was awarded the largest SEC whistleblower award in history-$48 million. In 2018, he was awarded the highest CFTC award-$30 million. Siedle is nationally recognized as an authority on investment management and securities matters. He has testified before the Senate Banking Committee regarding the mutual fund scandals and the Louisiana State Legislature regarding pension consultant conflicts of interest. He was a testifying expert in various Madoff litigations. Articles about him have appeared in publications including Time, BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, USA Today, Boston Globe, and Institutional Investor. He widely lectures and has appeared on CNBC, Wall Street Week, and Bloomberg News and in numerous documentary films.He was named as one of the 40 most influential people in the U.S. pension debate by Institutional Investor. Siedle is the co-author (along with Robert Kiyosaki of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame) of the bestseller Who Stole My Pension? How You Can Stop the Looting and the author of How To Steal A Lot of Money. He writes about his groundbreaking findings in Pension Warriors by Edward Siedle on substack.com. https://pensionwarriorsdwardsiedle.substack.com/.