Edward "Ted" Siedle is a widely-read Forbes writer, former attorney with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and a leading expert in pension looting. He has spent more than three decades forensically investigating over $1 trillion in retirement plans. In 2018, Ted secured the largest CFTC whistleblower award in history—$30 million—and in 2017, the largest SEC whistleblower award of $48 million. Siedle was named as one of the 40 most influential people in the U.S. pension debate by Institutional Investor magazine for 2014 and 2015.