Compliance March 5th, 2026 Cushman & Wakefield Sued for Not Protecting Workers’ 401(k) From Climate Risk The real estate giant allegedly ignored climate-related financial threats and kept an underperforming fund in its retirement plan.
Compliance March 3rd, 2026 Managing the AI Content Explosion in Financial Services Advisers face major compliance risks if they can no longer oversee—or explain—their AI output.
Compliance March 2nd, 2026 Vanguard Reaches $29M Settlement in Proxy Voting Case BlackRock Inc. and State Street Corp., which were also named in the complaint, have not settled.
Compliance February 26th, 2026 Advisers Could Retain ‘Independent Contractor’ Status Under Proposed DOL Classifications The Department of Labor has proposed replacing its 2024 independent contractor rule with a revised version of its 2021 rule,...
Compliance February 25th, 2026 Nearly Half of Workers in Survey Unaware of Saver’s Credit Participants may need better awareness of the tax credit for retirement account contributions, as well as other savings account opportunities.
Compliance February 25th, 2026 Trump Announces New Retirement Plan in State of the Union Speech The presidents' proposal resembled the Saver’s Match established by SECURE 2.0.
Compliance February 24th, 2026 DOL Proposal Requires Retirement Plans to Offer Yearly Paper Statements Plan administrators would need to mail annual paper benefit notices and allow more paper opt-ins in compliance with the SECURE...
Compliance February 24th, 2026 IRS Postpones RMD Rules Rules governing required minimum distributions from retirement accounts, first proposed in February 2022, will not take effect until at least...
Compliance February 23rd, 2026 Complaint Accuses Stifel of 401(k) Investment Mismanagement The plaintiffs contend that the financial services firm ignored and retained underperforming investments at the expense of plan participants.
Compliance February 23rd, 2026 Industry Groups Back Trump Accounts, Seek Further Guidance Employer, retirement and investment firms wrote letters to the Department of the Treasury asking for clarity on the savings accounts’...
Compliance February 20th, 2026 Liberty Mutual Settles 401(k) Excessive Fee Case for $13.4M The insurer maintains its retirement plan was managed prudently and in compliance with federal law.
Compliance February 19th, 2026 Appeals Court: Multiemployer Pension Fund Cannot ‘Double Count’ Transferred Assets The Mar-Can Transportation Co. faced approximately $1.8 million in assessed liability after switching unions.
Compliance February 19th, 2026 Health Care System Settles Forfeiture Case for $42.7M More than $21 million currently held in Providence Health & Services’ forfeiture accounts will be distributed to plan participants.
Compliance February 18th, 2026 NYC Pension Groups Claim AT&T Violated Securities Law The telecommunications company excluded a shareholder proposal that would require it to publicly disclose detailed workforce demographic data.
Compliance February 17th, 2026 How Will Private Markets Exposure Impact Fiduciaries? Experts say the conversation about alternative investments in defined contributions plans has shifted from whether they can be used in...
Compliance February 13th, 2026 SEC Chair Atkins Updates House on Introducing Private Assets to DC Plans Addressing the House Committee on Financial Services, Paul Atkins said that 401(k)s should have access to alternative investments, much like...
Compliance February 13th, 2026 Supreme Court Delays Intel 401(k) Hearing Until October Intel workers are contesting the private equity investments within their 401(k) plan.
Compliance February 12th, 2026 How Will Fee-Disclosure Rules Impact PBMs? The new federal reporting provisions for pharmacy benefit managers are more than a generic transparency mandate, according to Groom Law...
Compliance February 11th, 2026 Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Vanguard Over Transfer Fees A federal judge dismissed a complaint challenging Vanguard Marketing Corp.’s $100 fee for customers who close their brokerage accounts and...
Compliance February 10th, 2026 District Court Allows 401(k) Forfeiture Case to Go to Trial The district judge denied a motion to dismiss claims that Illinois Tool Works and its plan fiduciaries had breached their...