Compliance

Following extensively detailed deliberation citing important SCOTUS rulings and other precedents, the district court ruling rejects a multiemployer plan’s usage of the so-called “Segal Blend” to set the...

The agency ended its determination letter program effective in 2017, but said it will measure the need for exceptions in a variety of ways including annual input from...

The “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” seminar will be held in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 28.

The lawsuit brought by a participant in a Washington University retirement plan challenges TIAA's use of collateral in its loan process and the provider's retention of some interest...

The ERISA Advisory Council has provided the DOL with recommendations for design and delivery improvements with respect to the Summary Plan Description, the Annual Funding Notice and the...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is issuing guidance to assist multiemployer pension plans that request PBGC review of alternative plan rules for satisfying employer withdrawal liability.

The lawsuit alleges Yale defendants acted imprudently with regard to recordkeeping and investment fees for the plan.

In its motion, NYU asks that a federal district court judge issue an order “precluding from trial … any testimony, evidence, or arguments concerning claims that were previously...

U.S. District Judge John A. Ross noted in his order that the arguments the defendants advance in support of dismissal are virtually identical to those raised in their...

A fiduciary to the Southside Manufacturing Corp. Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan will pay restitution of $87,276 for stealing from an employee benefit plan, and failing to pay federal...

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has adopted a revised ethics code that requires a CFP professional to act as a fiduciary in all client service contexts,...

In the lawsuit, ERIC argued that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) pre-empts the reporting requirements in the OregonSaves state-run retirement program for private-sector workers.

Vantage Benefits, a TPA and recordkeeper, has already been ordered to restore funds to one 401(k) plan; now a new lawsuit accuses it of stealing funds from MBA...

Following a broadly structured decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the DOL fiduciary rule expansion, the National Association for Fixed Annuities decided its...

The lawsuit contends the plan’s holdings of the parent company's common stock should have been liquidated on or shortly after the date Gannett was separated from its parent.

Senators have reintroduced the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act, and the Small Business Council of America has a concern about one section of the bill.

Plaintiffs suggested plan fiduciaries permitted excessive fees to be paid, leading to improper provider kickbacks; a district court judge has summarily dismissed the allegations for failing to state...

The unsuccessful challenge was viewed as somewhat unique amid the glut of retirement industry litigation because it cited the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Law of 1970, known...

While the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the DOL fiduciary rule expansion, one attorney warns the rule is still technically in effect, at the very...

The fee has been reset to the 2017 level.